SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE SCHOOL ORGANISATIONS
Supporting schools, governing councils and state education through training, advice and advocacy
Funding Allocation Update
As part of the Rudd Government’s ‘Building the Education Revolution’, there are three established key elements:
• The ‘National School Pride’ program
• The ‘Primary Schools for the 21st Century’ program
• The ‘Science and Language Centres for the 21st Century’ program.
All rounds of the BER program have now been announced.
The estimated total of $14.7 billion in funding exceeded to a total of $16.2 billion.
National School Pride - Round 1
National School Pride - Round 2
Primary 21st Century - Round 1
Primary 21st Century - Round 2
Primary 21st Century - Round 3
National School Pride (NSP)
The $1.3 billion ‘National School Pride Program’, aims to refurbish and renew existing infrastructure, and build minor infrastructure in Australia’s schools.
- In total, both rounds will see 9501 Australian schools receive $1.3 billion in funding.
- In South Australia, a total of 788 schools will receive $102.7 million for 1171 projects.
Download the above documents for a list of successful SA schools.
Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21)
The $14.1 billion ‘Primary Schools for the 21st Century’ (P21) program gives primary schools across Australia the chance to receive funding to assist with major infrastructure.
- In total, all three P21 rounds will deliver $14.1 billion for 10,701 projects in 7961 Australian primary schools.
- In South Australia, 693 primary schools will receive $1.2 billion for 934 projects.
A list of successful SA schools can be found above.
Science and Language Centres for 21st Century (SLC)
The $810 million Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools (SLC) program aims to build new (or refurbish existing) science laboratories and language learning centres in secondary schools.
- A total of 537 science laboratories and language learning centres will be built or refurbished across the country.
- In South Australia, nearly $78 million will be distributed to 61 schools.
Cick on the image for a list of successful SA schools.