NSW reforms will create "clean air" in the curriculum: NESA head

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published February 17, 2021

NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) CEO Paul Martin has given an update on the state’s progress implementing reforms to the curriculum at today’s Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit.

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