$24.8 million extra for 10 Hotham primary schools
Simon Crean, Federal Member for Hotham, announced that 10 primary schools in the electorate of Hotham will share in a further $24.8 million for major new infrastructure projects under the third and final round of Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21). This brings total funding for schools in Hotham to almost $93 million.
Simon Crean said that the Fedewral Labor Government is undertaking the largest school modernisation program in Australia’s history to support local jobs.
“This investment in our local primary schools is long overdue and will go a long way to supporting local jobs during the global recession.”
“Teachers and students in our local schools should be teaching and learning in 21st Century facilities,” Simon Crean said.
“It’s been great to see local principals, school communities and the building industry working together with the State and Federal governments to deliver these important projects.”
P21 Round Three projects will start as soon as possible to provide immediate support for jobs. The $13.8 billion will deliver much needed funding for major infrastructure projects, including libraries, multipurpose halls and classrooms.
Under the Building the Education Revolution program:
- The National School Pride program has delivered $6,350,000 for minor refurbishment, maintenance and infrastructure projects in 41 primary and secondary schools in Hotham.
- P21 has delivered $82,635,000 for the construction of state-of-the-art libraries, multipurpose halls, assembly halls, new classrooms and resource centres in Hotham.
- Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools has delivered $3,940,000 for new or refurbished science laboratories and language centres in schools in Hotham.
Building the Education Revolution is a key element of the Federal Labor Government’s $42 billion Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan to support jobs, stimulate local economies and invest in important infrastructure for the long term.
By combining the development of a new truly national curriculum, greater transparency, a renewed focus on literacy and numeracy and record investment in school infrastructure and quality teachers, the Federal Government is delivering an Education Revolution to all our schools.
