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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE 19 NOVEMBER 1991
Teacher Applications
MR HUMPHRIES - asked the Minister for Education and the Arts:
Is the Minister aware of claims that students at the University of Canberra, who have lodged applications for jobs with the Department of Education, have been waiting four months for replies from the Department despite the fact that applications for these jobs closed in July? Will the Minister undertake to investigate the claims and will he provide an assurance to the house the students who applied for jobs with the Department will be kept properly informed in future about the status of their applications?
MR WOOD - The answer to Mr Humphries question is:
The Department obtains new teaching staff for its schools by a bulk recruitment exercise each year, as do most other school systems throughout Australia.
Applicants (including graduating students from the University of Canberra) who respond to press advertisements in June are short-listed and ranked on merit in each category of teaching expertise likely to be required.
Well in excess of one thousand applications were processed in this way during August-September 1991.
In October and November 1991 some 600 advertised job vacancies were filled by transfer of current staff and by making about 200 offers of employment to new applicants.
All new applicants are made well aware of these procedures, and the fact that job offers cannot be made until actual vacancies are finalised in November. This is the shortest possible time-frame for meeting all the Departments requirements; including recruitment of high quality teaching staff for our schools.
All applicants are provided with written advice as to the result of their application. This year these letters were despatched in the week ending 29 November 1991.
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