Tag: Blair Boyer
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SA teachers hit by flying objects in 26 million worth of compo claims
Latest annual data released to InDaily showed there were 780 compensation claims totalling $26.45 million made against the state’s Education Department in the past year – with falls, trips and slips the highest at 217 alleged incidents. However, Australian Education Union South Australian (AEU SA) branch president Jennie-Marie Gorman feared there were far more incidents…
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Boyer puts an extra $100m on the table for SA teachers
The latest offer is worth about $1.4 billion, up from a previous offer of $1.3 billion, and includes “the biggest shakeup of disability funding in the South Australian education system”. Education Minister Blair Boyer announced the offer this afternoon ahead of an Australian Education Union (AEU) South Australian Branch meeting where the executive will decide…
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Victorian chief lured to fill top job in SA’s Early Childhood office
Victoria’s current deputy secretary for Early Childhood Education Kim Little will take on the top job in January next year after leading that state’s rollout of universal three-year-old kindergarten. Boyer, who jets off to Sydney tomorrow for talks with federal Education Minister Jason Clare about securing more funds to provide 15 hours a week of…
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SA Training Awards winners
Six young South Australians were recognised at the SA Training Awards gala dinner and ceremony, alongside a group of outstanding training providers and employers. A year-long program, the SA Training Awards showcases vocational education and training (VET) as a pathway of choice for the state’s current and future workforce to meet the growing needs of…
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Stay home: schools act on student and teacher COVID infections
The state recorded more than 4,000 new COVID cases and nine deaths last week, with 1088 government school students now at home with the virus. Unley High School sent parents an update yesterday, warning that doctors have reported the health impacts of COVID cases are being made worse by an “equally nasty” upper respiratory virus…
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Dangerous DIY vape recharge warning
InDaily has received reports of young people following YouTube and TikTok videos showing them how to cut recharging cords connected to computers or mains electricity so the exposed wires can be used to kickstart disposable vape batteries. Comments on some videos say the practice can help users extract the last bit of liquid in a…
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Saved school struggles with numbers as neighbours spill over
Springbank Secondary College was first flagged for a merger with Unley High School in 2016 and then closure in 2020 when student numbers were the lowest in SA at 167, but the former Liberal Government kept the school open. Families living in suburbs near Springbank Secondary College were then zoned for Unley High School, six…
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State Govt defends school mobile phone ban
Boyer has defended the move after criticism from the state opposition which says the government has been sloppy in delivering its promised policy. The ban, similar to that in place in Victoria since 2020, will begin rolling out in some schools from the start of term one next week and should be in place across…
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SA training push to serve growing electric vehicle market
Two accredited courses for battery and hybrid electric vehicles will be subsidised by the state government and will be offered by a number of Registered Training Organisations including the Motor Trade Association. Participants in the courses will learn how to safely work on the vehicles. The courses are being subsidised to “ensure more qualified mechanics…
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Report card in for Year 7 switch to high schools
Ben Temperly was overseeing the state-wide plan to transition Year 7s into public secondary schools and he is still amazed the state pulled it off, with every school but one opening for lessons on time. “It’s a change in schools we haven’t seen before in education in South Australia and given that it occurred during…