
A CanDo LNP Government will revitalise front line education services by boosting Prep teacher aides across Queensland schools to ensure our children get the best start.
The LNP will ensure our children get the best possible start to their education by providing quality Prep education for Queensland families.
By boosting early childhood education, we can start to lift numeracy and literacy standards at the time it really counts.
Our children deserve more personalised attention from their teachers to grow their reading, writing and social skills. That is why we will boost teacher aides for our Prep classes.
Growing to 600 Prep classes, an LNP Government will roll out the equivalent of a full-time teacher aide in the classroom during school hours to 150 prep classes each year for the next four years and will provide up to $54 million to support this investment in early childhood education.
This initiative will immediately deliver 2,250 extra Prep teacher aide hours a week, building up to 9,000 extra hours a week by 2015/16.
This plan will allow teachers more time to do what they do best – teach our kids and provide extra support to help children adjust to the routine and discipline of formal education.
Many schools require their parents to dig deeper into their own pockets to fund the shortfall caused by Labor’s failure to fund much needed Prep teacher aides for all school hours.
Ideally all prep classes would have a teacher aide full-time, but it will take some time for the LNP to clean up Labor’s waste, mismanagement and scandals. This significant boost will be an important step from a CanDo LNP Government to address Labor’s neglect and give our children a better start.
The lack of teacher aides during class hours under this Labor Government is particularly challenging in Prep classes which include children with disabilities or behavioural issues.
LNP Policy Commitments:
• $54 million over four years to boost teacher aides in 600 Prep classes
• Focusing on early childhood education to lift literacy and numeracy standards



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