Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Queensland the Smart State: Education and Training Reforms for the Future
- Imprint
- Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Brisbane, 2002
- Subject
- Queensland; Curriculum Policies and Major Education Reports; Secondary School Curriculum Policy
- Description
- Outlines intended Government reforms in education and training, premised on the necessity of Year 12 or a substantial vocational qualification for all young people.
- Stresses the need for flexibility in education and training systems, legislated compulsion to achieve a higher retention rate, new approaches to preschool and middle years of schooling, and provision of tangible support for young people.
- Adopts many of the recommendations of the Pitman report.