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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 5121 ..

The Auditor General's Report reflects this approach, and the Government has already taken initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of college education in the ACT.

The Public Accounts Committee's first recommendation called for advice from the Government on the outcome of the 1996 Teaching Enterprise Agreement. The Agreement included a number of productivity measures, and the main ones were -

. new casual relief teachers are to be paid at a lower level

. the teaching staff formula will be adjusted to save $1.2m in a full year. Teachers will undertake some professional development during their stand down period, and schools will fund other professional development needs from within their staffing and other resources.

. new teacher recruitment for 1997 will include 20 new graduates.

The Agreement also provides for redesigning the school process, and adopting national benchmarking of best practice through negotiation on this redesign. The next Teachers Enterprise Bargaining Agreement will focus on the outcomes of such measures.

Mr Speaker, another important issue essential to improving college efficiency and effectiveness is the issue of class sizes.

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