Education Minister says Productivity Commission report on education is 'damning'

The Productivity Commission has warned Australia's education system is falling behind standards, to the detriment of students. Its report details how the nation's education strategies have done little to improve student outcomes over the past five years, putting emphasis on a need for greater funding and the importance of improving student wellbeing. That story by Samantha Beniac-Brooks for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

PRODUCTION - 17 January 2023, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: A student in a fourth grade class at the Liebenauschule takes part in class. On January 18, the results of the German School Barometer are announced. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images) Credit: picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I

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