Vote 1 Jane Ward

A True Community Independent for Sydney

Voting Day : Saturday, 21st August 2010

Commitment to Public Education

My teaching here and overseas in high schools, universities, Tafe and Corrective Services has crystallized my commitment to high quality, affordable education in Australia. I believe that public schools in New South Wales have the worst facilities I have seen outside of the third world, and that HECS needs to be reduced and capped to enable young Australians to achieve, without crippling debt, the levels of knowledge and skill the nation needs for prosperity, stability and sustainability. We need government funding to produce doctors, nurses, scientists and tradespeople and to develop, install and export technologies of renewable energy resources.

We need uniform quality at all levels of education.

Each primary school should have a feeder DET preschool and adequate playing grounds that are available for free use outside school hours.

All full time students should have free public transport.