Test results for training teachers on the improve

By EducationHQ News Team
Published March 13, 2017

Results from tests in 2016 that assess the skills of potential new teachers’ show that around 95 per cent have literacy and numeracy skills that are up to scratch, allowing them to teach in Australian classrooms.

Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said that more than 13,000 students studying to be teachers sat the ...

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Test results for training teachers on the improve

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