Gillard praises Abbott In US

[icyfroth]

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has praised the Abbott government for maintaining funding for a program designed to educate children in the world's poorest countries.

Gillard, speaking in Washington DC on Monday at the Brookings Institution, said she was pleased the change of government in Australia did not lead to a cut in the financial support for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).

Gillard will take up the role of chair of the GPE's board next month.

"I am pleased that the allocations we made in government have been sustained by the current government even though they have made changes to aid arrangements in the aid budget overall," Gillard told an audience at a Brookings event titled New Ideas to Scale Up and Finance Global Education.

"So, it's good to see the GPE seems to have persuaded both sides of politics that it is a really important investment."

Gillard, as chair of GPE, will be responsible for leading fundraising efforts to provide education to 57 million out-of-school children worldwide.

The GPE, based in Washington DC, is the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all children in the world's poorest countries into school for a quality education.

Established in 2002, the GPE is comprised of close to 60 developing countries, donor governments, international organisations, the private sector, teachers and civil society/non-governmental organisations.

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That's nice

[ca04]

It is no surprise Tony didn't axe it as it is helping to keep an expolly in a good job.

No polly would counter a payment in these cases because they may get to recieve

the same perk one day.

In her present position it is only to be expected Julie would not say nasty things about

the libs on this subject.

[lind9650]

I don't think that giving money to other countries for education has anything to do with children in other countries outstripping Australian students in almost every subject.

Teachers is third world countries get very little pay. They are dedicated to teach children, so these children will be able to get jobs and be able to support themselves.

Those children want to learn. Their parents know how important education is to get ahead in life and don't want their children to have to struggle for food and shelter.

I believe Australian teachers and parents are to soft on the children when it comes to education, and to instill a duty to learn in the childrens minds. Government has a lot to answer for the upbringing of children. Children will tell their teachers and parents that they will report them for child-abuse if one wants a child to sit at the desk and redo a sloppy homework, instead of playing video games etc.

I could go on and on how our education system has changed, but not for the better. I don't believe that more money in their pay would make him/her a better teacher. I also don't beieve that larger rooms or a bigger sportsground would incourge more children to learn.

The answers are quiet simple, but it takes the willingness of all parents, teachers and the Government to change the system.

Erica

[freakiness]

Julie Who?

Sorry, I'm struggling to understand your post. Who is he keeping in a job?

[crystal-gems]

Education is the pathway out of poverty and into the progress of a community/nation.

[bluecat*dancing]

I don't uderstand how anyone can be against helping those less fortunate especially when it comes to children. Education is something that without international assistance would not exist for manymany children. Gillard is showing something that Abbott is yet to show and that is graciousness and diplomacy. Abbott & co appear to be stuck in election mode.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

 Wer'e gettting to the point where students in the countries where our grants are going are outstripping our own in the education stake.

No, we (Australia) are not, getting to that point and not likely to either.

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Ok let me rephrase my original sentence:

 IC: Wer'e getting to the point where students in other countries are outstripping our own in the education stakes.

 AM: No, we (Australia) are not, getting to that point and not likely to either.

I beg to differ:

Australian students slipping behind in maths, reading: OECD report

The 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) measures the mathematics, reading and science skills of half a million 15-year-olds from around the world.

It found Australian teens placed equal 17th in maths, equal 10th in reading and equal 8th in science.

From Here

Or did you perhaps mean: "No, we (Australia) are not, getting to that point and not likely to either." because wer'e already there?

[lakeland27]

a good argument for  Gonski if little else.