Teachers to be freed of HECS debt, but only if they’ll venture very remote

, but this is the first year teachers will be eligible as they need to have taught remotely for four years since 2019.

"Whatever HECS you have owing, if you work in a remote country town for four years, then we'll scrap that debt," he said. "The language barrier is a big thing and it takes a while for people to work out how to best teach students that speak English as a second, third or fourth language, and the only time they speak English really is at school," he said.

"Then even prior to coming out, having proper sort of cultural competency training for all teachers that are going in teaching at community schools."

yeah and then you get the experience my son had. prep...2nd yr of teaching, 1st grade experienced, grade 2 2yr of teaching. grade 3 experienced, grade 4 2nd yr of teaching, gr5 2nd yr of teaching, gr 6 2nd yr of teaching. i'd say 50% of the staff were 3 yrs or less out of uni

Its amazing what pollies can do when they are desperate

Whatever happened to the compulsory 12 month country postings which worked well and matured young teachers. Plenty stayed on to enjoy great careers in the outback.

Incentives for remote area work are incredible for teachers, but they're still not coming 🤔

Maybe they can do the same for doctors?

If you're going to pay off the debt, then just train the locals for free.

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