The Independent Education Union of Australia has vowed to lobby against a potentially huge workload increase for teachers in non-government schools.
IEUA Federal Secretary Chris Watt dubbed absurd and nonsensical comments made by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday proposing an “individualised learning plan” for every Australian student.
He said massive increases in the reporting requirements of schools would only add yet another layer of workload burden and red-tape to the working lives of teachers.
“It is apparent from Sunday’s announcement that quite a number of schools will get little or no extra money and yet be required to undertake a host of extra reporting requirements,” Mr Watt said.
“In fact 57 separate actions have been identified arising from the National Schools Improvement Plan.
He said extra work was likely to be undertaken by already overburdened teachers, clerical and administration staff in schools across the country.