Building the Education Revolution

Approximately $230 million has been allocated to the ACT under the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program. Under BER, infrastructure funding is being provided over 3 years with all of Canberra’s public and non-government schools benefiting from the package. There are three key elements of the BER:

Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21): The focus of this element is the building of major new infrastructure for primary schools, the primary component of K-12 schools and all special schools. Buildings that will be funded include libraries, assembly halls, indoor sporting centres or other multipurpose facilities. Where a school already has a contemporary library or hall, refurbishment of existing facilities or the building of a different type of building will be allowed.

Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools (SLC): This element of the BER will fund the building of up to 500 science laboratories or language learning centres in secondary schools. A competitive process will fund schools that can demonstrate the greatest need and a readiness and capacity to be able to build the facilities within the 2009-10 timeframe.

National School Pride (NSP) Program: This element will provide funding to every Australian school - primary and secondary, government and non-government - to undertake construction of small scale infrastructure and minor refurbishment projects. 

For details on the progress of ACT public school BER projects click here