Public education in Tasmania is continuing to show steady improvement over the past five years, according to a new report released earlier this week.

 

State Minister for Education, Nick McKim, said that the Tasmania’s Education Performance Report 2011 shows that the Government’s policies are having the desired effects on the education system.

 

"This online report focuses on improvement across a broad set of 11 criteria ranging from readiness for school to student retention,” Mr McKim said.

 

"Since the release of the first report in 2007, there has been a steady improvement across a range of measures including early years, literacy and numeracy, staff satisfaction and staff attendance categories, as well as parental satisfaction with reporting.”

 

 

Mr McKim said that it was pleasing to note that Tasmania's apparent retention rate for students in Year 10 to Year 12 has remained stable, consolidating recent improvements.

 

"We have maintained our focus on supporting students to make successful transitions from Year 10 to Year 11, and on continued engagement through to completion of Year 12," Mr McKim said.

 

The full report can be found here