A decrepit bathroom at a public school on Thursday Island. Let us know if your child’s school is in a state of disrepair.A decrepit bathroom at a public school on Thursday Island. Let us know if your child’s school is in a state of disrepair.Mouldy bathrooms, broken air con and holes in the walls: new data shows Australian public school facilities in rapid decline
New research from the Australian Education Union shows four in 10 principals won’t have enough classrooms to meet student demand in the next three to five years. Two in 10 don’t have enough now. The findings are exacerbated by a 2017 commonwealth decision to scrap its recurrent capital works contribution to public schools, entrenching a large divide between public and private school infrastructure.
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