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The Carroll Labor Government is delivering more teachers while the LiberalOne Nation Coalition plan more cuts The 2025 Victorian Teacher Workforce Snapshot shows Victorias teaching workforce is growing fast with over 127000 school and early childhood teachers estimated to be ready to teach in Victorias schools and kindergartens by 2031To ensure our students receive the best education in the nation nearly 2000 more registered school teachers joined Victorian schools between 2024 and 2025 And while Victorias public education system grows studentteacher ratios have also improved in recent years with schools on average having fewer students per teacher compared to all Australian mainland statesBy 2031 the report estimates that Victoria will have 15700 more teachers in the system compared to 2025 further strengthening the workforce and delivering more individualised support for learners And now we have made teachers and education support staff the best paid in the country with the best conditionsWere also protecting class sizes in the new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement because we know that means more oneonone time and better support for every studentEarly childhood is also growing strongly with fully registered early childhood teachers up 12 per cent in a yearBut the work isnt done Victorias growing workforce means we need to keep investing in schools with the state accounting for over 84 per cent of the national increase in government school enrolments between 2018 and 2025The Carroll Labor Government is continuing to invest in programs to bring more teachers into the system and ensure early career teachers can kick start their careers The Career Start program which has already supported over 6100 early career teachers since it was established in 2021 will continue in 2027 with a further 2500 teachers being supported The program builds teacher capability and significantly increases teacher retentionRegional and hardtostaff schools remain a priority with paid placements employmentbased degrees and targeted incentives getting more teachers into the locations and subjects that need them mostOur Secondary Teaching Scholarships program is already delivering results with the first fully funded recipients graduating and entering the workforce at the end of 2027Over 6000 early childhood teaching scholarships have been awarded since 2019 backing the rollout of 3 and 4YearOld KinderEducators do some of the most important work in our state Thats why Labor has invested over 19 billion in growing Victorias registered school teaching workforce by 14000 since 2020 Jess Wilsons LiberalOne Nation Coalition will make 40 billion in cuts to our schools creating a teacher shortage and having a dire impact on students ability to learn and maximise their educationQuotes attributable to Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Gabrielle WilliamsOur teachers and school staff play a vital role enriching the lives of young Victorians and instilling a lifelong love of learning When you invest in the people that keep our schools going you invest in every childs futureQuotes attributable to Minister for Children Lizzie BlandthornNothing is more important than a good quality early education for our youngest VictoriansWere giving every Victorian child the best possible start backed by skilled early childhood teachers
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