Mr MILLS - 2005-08-17
In October last year, you announced a Teach for a Term offer that included free air fares to and from the Northern Territory for those who took up the generous offer to spend a term teaching in the Territory. How many teachers have been recruited to the Northern Territory under that scheme since it was introduced in October 2004 and at what cost? How many are still here teaching after completing their initial term? What has been the average cost per teacher of this policy?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Blain for his question. It is information that I do not have with me; however, I undertake to get that information by the end of Question Time for his benefit. I do not know how the department might go differentiating the costs of the Teach for a Term program against recruitment overall. It ought be available. If we can get that information, I undertake to get it back to him before the end of Question Time.
The Teach for a Term was an innovative approach by the department, in the sense that it brought skilled, trained teachers into the Northern Territory. It gave them a look at the Northern Territory and enabled them to experience a little of the Territory lifestyle, wherever that might be - whether it was a remote community or, indeed, one of our towns. I certainly know from personal experience in my own electorate and some of my schools the success of that program, because they were knocking on the door to sign up and have their job back in the new year.
As to the facts and the figures and the costs overall, as I said, someone will be listening, and whatever information I have before the end of Question Time I will relay it to the member for Blain.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Blain for his question. It is information that I do not have with me; however, I undertake to get that information by the end of Question Time for his benefit. I do not know how the department might go differentiating the costs of the Teach for a Term program against recruitment overall. It ought be available. If we can get that information, I undertake to get it back to him before the end of Question Time.
The Teach for a Term was an innovative approach by the department, in the sense that it brought skilled, trained teachers into the Northern Territory. It gave them a look at the Northern Territory and enabled them to experience a little of the Territory lifestyle, wherever that might be - whether it was a remote community or, indeed, one of our towns. I certainly know from personal experience in my own electorate and some of my schools the success of that program, because they were knocking on the door to sign up and have their job back in the new year.
As to the facts and the figures and the costs overall, as I said, someone will be listening, and whatever information I have before the end of Question Time I will relay it to the member for Blain.
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