As this article in The Age on 6th July 2015 shows, Public School funding by the Federal Government has dropped at an alarming rate whilst Private School funding has risen.
Of course the Catholic Education spokesperson (recipient of highest per-student funding) dismisses the concerns of Public Schools advocates as "based on emotion and ideology".
So what's my position? I've worked in a Private (Catholic) school for almost 20 years. The amount of spending on trivial items such as expensive cosmetic building modifications and touch-ups, following the latest technology fad, consigning the finest collection of Australiana books to landfill because "everything is now on-line" (it isn't) is absolutely mind-boggling. And that doesn't cover the amount thrown into facilities for "compulsory sport".
Obviously the "Age of Entitlement" is not over for schools such as this one.
At the same time, many of my friends who have chosen to work in Public Schools (some deliberately having chosen schools in underprivileged areas) are constantly referring to problems in acquiring even the most basic teaching facilities.
This situation needs to be reversed. Every child has a right to a decent, affordable education, not just the privileged few.
Of course the Catholic Education spokesperson (recipient of highest per-student funding) dismisses the concerns of Public Schools advocates as "based on emotion and ideology".
So what's my position? I've worked in a Private (Catholic) school for almost 20 years. The amount of spending on trivial items such as expensive cosmetic building modifications and touch-ups, following the latest technology fad, consigning the finest collection of Australiana books to landfill because "everything is now on-line" (it isn't) is absolutely mind-boggling. And that doesn't cover the amount thrown into facilities for "compulsory sport".
Obviously the "Age of Entitlement" is not over for schools such as this one.
At the same time, many of my friends who have chosen to work in Public Schools (some deliberately having chosen schools in underprivileged areas) are constantly referring to problems in acquiring even the most basic teaching facilities.
This situation needs to be reversed. Every child has a right to a decent, affordable education, not just the privileged few.
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