Page 970 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 19 March 1991
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Mr Berry: Why have you not published them?
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR KAINE: They were not published by the previous Government when they came out monthly, and I have simply followed that procedure.
Quality of Teaching and Learning
MRS NOLAN: My question is to Mr Humphries in his capacity as Minister for Education. Is the ACT involved in the national project on the quality of teaching and learning? If so, what does it hope to achieve?
MR HUMPHRIES: I thank Mrs Nolan for that question. Yes, the ministry is actively involved in this important project. Our representative on the governing board of 24 members of that national project is Mr Max Sawatzki, a deputy secretary for education. Incidentally, the governing board comprises two Federal Government representatives; eight government school employer representatives from the States and Territories; two national Catholic and independent school peak organisation representatives; and 12 union representatives, two from the ACTU, eight from the Australian Teachers Union - that is, from each of the States and Territories - and two from the Independent Teachers Federation.
The project is a cooperative venture of the key parties involved in the teaching profession. It represents a national first in the education industry, bringing together representatives from teachers and from employers. It will focus on key policy and procedural issues designed to improve the quality of teaching and optimise learning outcomes for students across the nation. The inaugural meeting was held last month, on 19 February, at Parliament House in Canberra, and working parties were established to commence investigation of two key areas. I will just briefly mention what they were. The first and probably the most important - - -
Mr Connolly: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: We seem to be listening to a ministerial statement here, rather than a concise answer to a question.
MR HUMPHRIES: Do you want the information or not?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Humphries, please speak to the point. Please proceed.
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