The ACT has a unique opportunity to create a truly connected and integrated education environment which gives students what they want and need. Greater participation in tertiary education needs connectivity between the various parts of the system and between the system and industry.
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2009-2013
This Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2009-2013 will support the literacy and numeracy learning of all students in ACT public schools and colleges over the next five years. It is based on a clear recognition that quality teaching and quality school leadership make a significant difference to students’ literacy and numeracy outcomes.
National and International research highlights the importance of regular physical activity for children between the ages of five and 12. This research shows physical activity promotes a child’s healthy development, builds cardiovascular fitness and improves flexibility and motor skills. Inactive children are more likely to be overweight and suffer from health problems in later life, including cholesterol, high blood pressure and type II diabetes.
The ACT Government is committed to providing the children of Canberra with the best possible opportunities to become physically educated and active. By encouraging good habits from an early age children will be equipped with the skills they need to remain active and healthy throughout their lives.
Get a move on 
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The ACT Government aims to give all our children and young people the best possible education. To do this we need to make sure that the ACT recruits and retains good teachers, that we have a quality curriculum and that we maintain high standards in public and non-government schools.
Maintaining high educational standards across ACT schools is a key priority for the ACT Government. This paper explores how the Government might best provide objective evidence of student achievement and how it might support and strengthen standards in the teaching profession, the curriculum and schooling generally.
Schools Standards Authority (105kb)
Providing support for children in their early years lays the foundation for their future. The ACT Government is committed to giving all children the best start in life and helping them become “resilient and optimistic, healthy and active, creative and innovative, and supported and protected.”
The Best Start in Life (105kb)
The quality of school education in the ACT is of the highest importance for our territory’s future. In February 2008, I launched a discussion paper on High standards in ACT school education to promote community debate on ways in which we could maintain and enhance excellence in all our schools.
The paper proposed the establishment of an ACT School Standards Authority, built on the foundation of the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies. The paper proposed an independent body that would provide a cost-effective approach to quality assurance across both the public and non-government school sectors.
High Standards in ACT Schools (481kb)
Climate change is one of the largest economic and social challenges of our time. The way we treat our planet and its resources is having a profound impact on our climate, and unless we take action now, climate change will seriously damage our natural environment, our quality of life, and our economy.
The ACT Government, through our climate change strategy - Weathering the Change- is committed to pursuing strategies that will allow us to minimise the impact of our activities on the earth. We are committed to increasing the level of sustainability awareness and practice across the ACT.
A major factor in promoting this awareness is through education in our schools. Implementing sustainable, eco-friendly practices in public schools is an important element of this strategy. The renewal of our school infrastructure to make it more environmentally sustainable combined with educating younger generations about climate change and the importance of sustainability, are essential factors in responding to the challenges facing our community from climate change.
Green Schools (510kb)
The ACT Government is committed to helping all young people make a positive transition from school to further education, training and work. The purpose of this paper is to ask young people, their parents and teachers and the wider ACT community about how this should best be done. This includes asking whether the ACT school leaving age, which is currently 15 years, should be raised.
Pathways to the Future - discussion paper (477kb)
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