Extra teachers, classrooms in NSW budget

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published June 20, 2017

The NSW government will deliver more than 1500 extra classrooms and employ about 1000 extra teachers to address surging enrolments in state schools.

SYDNEY, June 20 - The Berejiklian government's first budget, handed down on Tuesday, injected $1.6 billion into an ambitious school ...

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