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Going Backski

By Angelo Gavrielatos - posted Tuesday, 17 June 2014

I consider it an injustice that so many children are in under-funded schools that are not allowing them to reach their potential.

Public schools have a special place in our education system because are the only schools that are open to all Australians regardless of their social circumstances.

I am one of many who has an "emotional commitment' to the idea that every child should be able to get a high quality education regardless of their social circumstances and that public schools, which are open to all children, should lead the way in providing this.

For a government to try and evade its responsibilities to our public schools is to abandon the idea that we are a nation that will provide a quality education to every child as a basic right. This is not a situation I will accept, and is why the AEU will continue the fight for needs-based funding, which provides all children with a properly-resourced education.