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LOCAL students have been identified as among the most educationally disadvantaged in the state, highlighting a broadening gap between the city and bush. Victorian postcodes are ranked by the Teach for Australia website, using data from the Dropping off the Edge report from Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services Australia. Seven education measures have been used
in the state. in the findings. “Educational disadvantage According to Teach Of the 666 recorded is far reaching. There are for Australia (TFA), repostcodes, Wonthaggi corrosive social justice mote schools are, on avand Korumburra are issues that particularly erage, 1.5 years behind among the worst places manifest in regional areas.� in their studies comfor educational disadvanpared to their peers in tage, ranking at 542nd - Emily Pearson, Teach for Australia metropolitan areas. and 554th respectively. “Educational disadvantage is far reaching. Wonthaggi’s dismal results showed that kids in the 3995 post code ranked 624th in readiness There are corrosive social justice issues that for schooling, 555th in reading in Grade 3 and particularly manifest in regional areas,� TFA’s Emily Pearson said. 554th in numeracy at Grade 3. “We also see it in metropolitan areas as Meanwhile Korumburra’s alarmingly low ranking included recording 628th for reading at well. To distil it down to being caused by one particular thing doesn’t represent the wickedGrade 3 and 613th in numeracy at Grade 3. Leongatha (postcode 3953) was rated at ness of the problem.� Australian Education Union vice president 339th overall. Brighter readings presented in Inverloch, which achieved a ranking of 138th for Victoria Briley Duncan believes both lev-
els of government are responsible for leaving country kids behind. “We have long known regional and rural students require additional support and this was confirmed in the original 2011 Gonski review into school funding,� she said. “Both the Commonwealth and the Victorian governments are not providing the funding required to address the specific needs of those students. “The Coalition Government cut $14 billion from public schools in 2017 when they changed the legislation and rural MPs let their local schools down when they voted for the legislation change. Continued on page 4.
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