The Western Australian Government has announced teachers working in the state’s non-government sector will flow-on benefits from the State Government’s recent Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with public school teachers.

 

The State Government announced an additional $10.4 million in financial assistance will be delivered to the non-government school sector to allow for the wage increases.

 

“The additional funding will help non-government schools pay the same increases in salaries as Government school teachers,” Education Minister Liz Constable said.

 

Dr Constable said that funding will only be delivered to low and mid-fee schools.

 

“By excluding high-fee, well-resourced schools from the financial assistance package, the additional $10.4million can go to those schools that need it the most,”  Dr Constable said.

 

On average, the additional funding equates to an extra $17,000 for a small primary school with 200 students, increasing to more than $100,000 for larger secondary schools.

 

Dr Constable said there will be an 18 month delay before the increases flow through to non-government schools, saying the delays in available financial data precluded the government from delivering the funding immediately.