Education

An 80 per cent dropout rate, compliance concerns, and a LEGO city sold as a "highlight" — this multimillion-dollar cybersecurity initiative has been labelled a "patch job".

Not enough is being done to prevent children being denied enrolment at WA schools because of their disability, advocates say.

Homeschooling rates are rising rapidly, with families claiming schools aren't coping with bullying or neurodiversity.

Australian schools will need to initiate action against a bullying complaint within two days of a reported incident as part of a new national plan to tackle bullying.

The NSW government says it should have taken allegations of wrongdoing by a male school staff member more seriously. That failure left those who reported it so isolated their mental health spiralled and never fully recovered.

South Australia's Education Department has been fined $225,000 after a student at a special school fell from a swing which had not had a comprehensive safety inspection for eight years.

Sitting year 12 exams is a big achievement for anyone, but more so for Nathan Barbara having undergone a heart transplant less than a year ago.

Principals in Victoria already have the power to ban aggressive or violent parents from school grounds, but the state government is looking to apply the power to parents' behaviour on social media.

The Education Standards Board has closed Edge Early Learning Centre at Plympton for 90 days following an investigation into reports of "inadequate supervision" of children. 

Tasmanian TAFE graduates worry as some locally taught courses that helped them forge a career may disappear as the cost to study them increases dramatically.

Primary school homeschooling registrations in Queensland grew by 110 per cent from 2021 to 2025. 

The new visa is designed to attract top global STEM talent but has sparked fierce backlash, with critics warning it could squeeze Chinese nationals out of the graduate job market.

Jaz Fusi has been passionate about learning Paakantyi language for most of her life. Now, she teaches it to her local school's teachers and is eager to see other kids do the same.

An independent report into Tasmania's senior school exams blames understaffing for a series of mistakes found in last year's exam papers, with the body responsible saying "safeguards" are in place for this year.

The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network releases its first national register report to examine "the climate of fear, censorship, intimidation and punishment" experienced by students, teachers and members of the school community.

A childcare centre in Adelaide's inner south-west has been ordered to close for two weeks after being handed an emergency action notice following claims children were left unsupervised.

Australia's school attendance levels have dropped since the pandemic but education experts are particularly concerned about Tasmania — a state with an already notoriously low literacy rate.

WA’s education minister rejects claims a record number of teachers quitting their jobs is due to them being overworked.

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

The search at one of the state's biggest Chinese language schools relates to an investigation into alleged misuse of public funding.