A Reps committee wants to know what’s being done to close “the education attainment gap” for students in regional, rural and remote communities

The House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training will hear from education department officers at a hearing in Canberra tomorrow. It’s the first for the committee’s  inquiry into RRR communities’ education, from pre to post school.

The committee is chaired by the energetic Andrew Laming (Lib-Qld), celebrated by many in vocational education and training for slamming the performance of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (CMM August 2 2019).

Mr Laming also chaired the committee’s inquiry into helping classroom teachers (CMM, April 8 2018.