Continuing the Education Revolution

A Compact with Young Australians

The Government's $277 million Compact with Young Australians will guarantee training places for every young person under 25 who wishes to upskill and ensure young people participate full‑time in study, training or employment, until age 17. It will also bring forward — from 2020 to 2015 — the commitment in the National Education Agreement that 90 per cent of young Australians attain Year 12 or equivalent qualifications.

Improving schools and training

New national funding agreements between the Commonwealth and the States will lead to increased flexibility,

accountability and transparency for the schooling and vocational education and training sectors. In addition, schools will benefit from new National Partnerships including:

• $1.5 billion to address the needs of disadvantaged schools by facilitating innovative approaches to running schools
• $550 million to improve the quality of teachers and school leaders through training and rewarding teachers and principals
• $540 million to deliver sustained improvement in literacy and numeracy outcomes for all students through incentive payments to the States and Territories.

Building the Education Revolution

As part of the Nation Building and Jobs Plan's Building the Education Revolution, the Government will also make a long‑term investment of $14.7 billion in Australian schools to:

• build or upgrade large‑scale infrastructure in every primary school, special school and K‑12 school in Australia
• build around 500 new science laboratories and language learning centres in secondary schools
• fund up to $200,000 for each Australian school for maintenance of facilities or minor building projects.