An OECD comparison of education funding reveals the Australian government is spending more on private schools and less on public schools than other countries.
Australia continues to spend less on public education than other developed countries and more on private schooling and tertiary study, according to the latest snapshot of global educational achievement by a major intergovernmental agency.
Cormann said the problem was most acute in the most disadvantaged areas and that money alone would not be enough to attract and retain teachers.
Annual government funding for public primary education in Australia was lagging by comparison, at $17,360 per student per year compared with the OECD average of $17,875.University of Melbourne education expert Pasi Sahlberg said if current funding trends continued, Australia would see growing educational inequity.
“Many of the OECD countries have taken a very different pathway and are aiming to seriously try to address the inequalities that have been increasing in education systems around the world,” he said.
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