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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Country Education Strategy</name>
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          <heading>Country Education Strategy</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2023-06-13T01:30:00+09:30" qonNum="11">
            <name>Country Education Strategy</name>
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          <inserted>11 <by role="member" id="4343" referenceid="98bc9886f8ef4f70897848c1d1c59c00">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (8 September 2022).  </inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Will the government continue the work underway as part of the Department for Education's country education strategy?</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What initiatives are currently underway as part of the strategy, and will they be supported in an ongoing manner?</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. B.I. BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education, Training and Skills</name>
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          <question date="2023-06-13T01:30:00+09:30" qonNum="11">
            <name>Country Education Strategy</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018">The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The government continues to prioritise the Country Education Strategy. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Since the announcement of the strategy in September 2021, good progress has been made implementing the key initiatives. They include:</inserted>
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            <inserted>Relief teaching improvements.</inserted>
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            <inserted>ICT infrastructure uplift.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Supported pre-service teacher practicums.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Pre-service teacher employment program.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Business improvement.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Access to psychology and speech pathology. </inserted>
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            <inserted>Country voice.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Country education website.</inserted>
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            <inserted>Broadening curriculum options.</inserted>
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