23 September 2004
Federal Election 2004
VOTE 1 EDUCATION
On Election Day, Queensland Council of Parents & Citizens Association (QCPCA), which represents almost 1300 State School P&C’s, urges all parents to consider Public Education as the priority issue.
QCPCA State President, Wanda Lambert, said that Public Education is of vital importance to the future of the country.
'Our organisation is not affiliated with any political party and we ask only that you consider the education policies of all parties on Election Day,” Mrs Lambert said.
'Public Education has rightly taken centre stage in the lead up to the poll and public schooling should again be seen as a national priority and the responsibility of both Federal and State governments.”
'QCPCA encourages people to consider education as the priority issue in this election,” she said.
Policies should be needs based, address issues of equity while not impacting on choice and focus on quality teaching, raising literacy and numeracy standards and directing money to areas of greatest need.
For further information, please contact Wanda Lambert, State President QCPCA 0417 790 328
Please find below selected sections from the current QCPCA Policy Document which outline briefly some of the beliefs our organisation has regarding Public Education.
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QCPCA believes that the primary objective of the school system is the provision of a high standard of education, relevant to student and community needs in a changing society.
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The philosophy underlying QCPCA policy centres around the principles of equality, excellence, humanity and participative democracy
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The public school system must provide for all students the best quality education available.
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The object of a public education system is to ensure that all students have the opportunity to develop the skills and understanding necessary to shape their own lives and to participate constructively in shaping society.
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Public education must be accessible to all, irrespective of class, culture, gender, disability, age or geographic location;
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Public education should be free (ie: fully publicly funded and provided) so that school experience of the highest quality is not dependent on capacity or willingness to make a financial contribution
View our entire Policy document at :- www.qcpca.org.au
Major political parties education policies
ALP Policy http://www.alp.org.au/download/policy_document_completegreat_australian_schools.pdf
Liberal Party Policies - Investing in our schools. http://www.liberal.org.au/default.cfm?action=2004_policy
Democrats Schools Policy http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/#
Greens Education Policy http://www.greens.org.au/ploneprint/education.pdf
