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Vulnerable children to lose classroom support in big cut to specialised teachers (www.theage.com.au)
submitted 2 years ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
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Victoria’s Education Department has been accused of deserting some of the state’s most vulnerable children following proposed cuts to a service that provides disabled students with classroom support.

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[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Education Department announced last week that it would cut 325 full-time equivalent jobs. It said no school jobs would be affected, but staff employed by the visiting teacher service were classed as departmental employees. The proposal will reduce the number of visiting teacher jobs from 117 to 32.

This is beyond disgusting. There wasn’t close to enough support available as it was. To cut staffing by nearly 75% is indefensible.