Tag: Secondary Schools
Students to get laptops next year
The New South Wales Government says it will begin rolling out laptop computers for every public school student from years nine to 12 from next year.[MORE]
Man charged over schoolies smash
A man has been charged over a traffic accident during schoolies celebrations on the Queensland Gold Coast last night.[MORE]
Education chief backs college performance record
The head of the Loddon Mallee education and training department has defended the performance of the Bendigo Senior Secondary College.[MORE]
School closures, mergers announced
The South Australian Government says population changes are behind a plan to close two schools and merge others.[MORE]
Authorities vow to stamp out school 'fight club'
The West Australian Education Department says it is conducting further investigations into an alleged fight club involving students from a Perth high school.[MORE]
Inquiry into organised fight claims
The West Australian Education Department has launched an investigation after images appeared on You Tube, showing Perth school students taking part in organised fights. [MORE]
Addict's guide displayed on school excursion
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has criticised the display of its pamphlet, A User's Guide to Speed, during a school excursion in the New South Wales Hunter region.[MORE]
School leavers to build Cambodian huts
A group of school leavers from northern Victoria will miss out on schoolies week celebrations to instead help an impoverished Cambodian community.[MORE]
Schoolies week off to a good start
Police say there has been little trouble at the start of school leavers week in Western Australia.[MORE]
School leavers flock to Surfers for Schoolies
Gold Coast police say around 22,000 school leavers packed into Surfers Paradise last night for the official start of Schoolies celebrations, with 124 arrests.[MORE]
Quiet start for schoolies at Victor Harbour
There has been a quiet start to the annual schoolies festival at Victor Harbour, with only 2,000 teenagers celebrating in cold and wet weather overnight.[MORE]
Environmentally friendly vehicles on show
Some of Australia's most environmentally friendly vehicles will be tested in the central Victorian town of Maryborough this weekend.[MORE]
Qld seniors gear up for end of high school
About 40,000 Queensland high school students are due to complete Year 12 today.[MORE]
NT teachers pay dispute comes to an end
After more than 15 months of negotiations, the NT's Education Union has agreed to accept the NT Government's pay offer.[MORE]
Police investigate high school fights
Broken Hill police are investigating seven local high school boys over a series of organised fights in western New South Wales.[MORE]
Anglican colleges set to merge
St Peter's Anglican College will amalgamate with the Bega Valley Christian College to form one new entity.[MORE]
Use SMS to alert parents to stranger danger: Roberts
The State Opposition says the Education Department should consider implementing school-based SMS alert systems following a sex attack against two young students in Perth.[MORE]
NSW to spend $11m improving HSC retention
The New South Wales Government is hoping to encourage more students to stay on to Year 12 by expanding a program that helps primary school pupils make the transition to high school.[MORE]
Computers in schools plan unaffordable: Constable
Western Australia's Minister for Education, Liz Constable, says her state can not afford to implement the Federal Government's computers in schools plan.[MORE]
Hope for mentoring scheme repeat
The organisers of a mentoring program for secondary school students in south-east South Australia, say they hope to get a similar project up and running for school leavers next year.[MORE]
Schools need urgent upgrades: report
A new Auditor General's report tabled in State Parliament says most of Victoria's school buildings need to be urgently upgraded.[MORE]
Glitter expelled from exam paper
England's biggest exam board has withdrawn a music paper after criticism that its coursework featured a song by disgraced British pop singer Gary Glitter.[MORE]
Sexual assault 'part of school life'
A new report has found sexual assault between school students is being ignored because it is seen as part of normal high school life.[MORE]
Mental health warning as schoolies nears
There has been a call to make mental health a priority at this year's schoolies celebrations.[MORE]
Teens escape criminal conviction over school blast
Two boys will serve 100 hours of community service over an explosion that left a damage bill of more than $5 million at the Hay War Memorial High School in southern New South Wales.[MORE]
