BIG LESSON: Labor can’t be trusted to run our schools
Today’s shocking NAPLAN results are a monumental “fail” for the Palaszczuk-Miles Labor Government.
Yet again, Queensland students have received the poorest NAPLAN scores of any mainland state.
Almost two in five students are failing to meet national standards for literacy and maths, with all Queensland students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 receiving lower results this year for reading and spelling, than the year before.
This is a damning indictment of the Labor State Government’s decade-long neglect of improving student outcomes.
Today’s results are the culmination of Labor’s ongoing failure to adequately plan and resource our education system, including supporting our dedicated frontline teachers.
Labor has failed to meet its election promise to recruit 7,329 new teachers and teacher aides.
What’s more, since 2020, over 13,400 teaching staff have left Education Queensland.
Today’s NAPLAN results are also an embarrassment for the Labor Minister for Education, who has been found to be more focused on entertainment than education.
Queensland parents deserve answers today from Labor’s Minister for Education, who has failed to articulate any meaningful plan to improve literacy and numeracy results in Queensland.
Only the LNP has the right priorities for Queensland’s future including lifting education standards and outcomes.
