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The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) launched the National Safe Schools Framework in 2011 with the belief that all students should be able to learn and develop in safe and supportive environments.

The federal government's annual report detailing initiatives to close the gap between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous population has found that a number of the goals listed in the 2011 report have seen improvement.

The New South Wales Government has announced a $24 million initiative to hire 200 additional teachers in 2012.

The Review of Funding for Schooling has found that Australian schools are failing to get the best results for their students. It made several recommendations to reform school funding priorities at a total cost of $5 billion.

Victorian government primary schools have welcomed 100 mathematics and science teaching specialists into classrooms in time for the new school year.

The Queensland Government is working to bring the education system in line with the other states by moving Year 7 to the secondary school system.

A study into the rates of obesity in school-aged children in NSW has revealed that obesity rates are holding steady at 23 per cent.

Up to 15 Victorian schools will next year be trialling a proposed new thesis subject for Year 12 VCE students.

The Australian Government has announced that it will be introducing changes to the National School Chaplaincy Program.

The NSW Government has announced that it will delay its implementation of the national curriculum until 2014.

There are fears that some Victorian schools may have to axe the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) option for Year 11 and 12 students.

The Baillieu government is threatening to deviate from the new national curriculum over its downplaying of language teaching.