New national declaration on the goals of schooling

In September 2007, the Council for the Australian Federation released the Future of Schooling in Australia (new window) 891k report. This report included a new statement on the future of schooling in Australia, and a twelve point action plan to which all States and Territories have agreed.

Earlier this year, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs agreed to develop a new national declaration on the goals of schooling. The new declaration will update the Adelaide Declaration on National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-First Century (1999) and will build primarily on the Future of Schooling in Australia report.

A Working Group comprising senior officials from all jurisdictions' education departments, the Chair of the National Curriculum Board and representatives from the National Catholic Education Commission and the Independent Schools Council of Australia has been established to oversee the development of the new declaration.

The Department of Education, Training and the Arts will be consulting with key stakeholders, including the Queensland Catholic Education Commission and Independent Schools Queensland during the development of the new declaration.

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