Education courses to be held to national standard in Australia

Graduates of teacher education programs will have to meet uniform standards of literacy and numeracy for the first time under a national system to accredit education courses. The draft framework, approved by state and territory teacher registration boards, sets out mandatory requirements that education courses must meet for teachers to be registered in government, Catholic or independent schools across the nation. The framework, developed by the Australasian Forum of Teacher Registration and Accreditation Authorities, will specify required levels of literacy and numeracy as well as content to be taught in teacher education courses—a minimum four years of full-time study and a minimum amount of practical classroom experience. Read more at The Australian website.