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Inquiry into teaching quality – Public hearing with the Auditor-General

The Standing Committee on Education and Community Inclusion is reviewing the Auditor-General’s report into teaching quality.

The Auditor-General’s report was tabled in June 2021. It made 14 recommendations to the Education Directorate.

The Committee is holding its first public hearing for the inquiry this afternoon at 1.30 pm with the Auditor-General.

Committee Chair Mr Michael Pettersson, MLA, said “The Auditor-General conducted a comprehensive review of how the Education Directorate manages teaching quality. We look forward to the Auditor-General discussing his report with the Committee so that later in the year we can scrutinise the Directorate on its implementation of the recommendations.”

The hearing will be held via Webex and streamed live. The live broadcast and a recording will be available on Video on Demand.

The Terms of Reference for the inquiry comprise the audit report itself, which is available at https://www.audit.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1780907/Report-No-6-of-2021-Teaching-Quality-in-ACT-Public-Schools.pdf.

15 March 2022

STATEMENT ENDS.

Committee Chair, Mr Michael Pettersson MLA on (02) 6205 1436

Committee Secretary, Jeff McAdam, on (02) 6207 0524 or at LACommitteeECI@parliament.act.gov.au