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Program directory: Department of Education

Find our current school program offerings, initiatives and campaigns.

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Student health, wellbeing and inclusive education

Active schools

Ensuring that all Victorian students have the skills, confidence and motivation to be active in life.

Bully Stoppers

A campaign to encourage everyone in every school community to help prevent and respond to bullying.

High Intensity Outside School Hours Care Initiative for students with disabilities

Supporting children and young people with disabilities to access appropriate OSHC services for free.

LOOKOUT Education Support Centres

Professional development and support for schools, carers and practitioners to support young people living in out-of-home care.

Inclusive education for students with disabilities

Creating safe and inclusive school environments for students with disabilities and additional needs.

Marrung

The Marrung strategy ensures that all Koorie Victorians achieve their learning aspirations.

PROTECT

Compulsory minimum child safety standards for all Victorian early childhood services and schools.

Safe Schools

Supporting schools to foster a safe environment that is supportive and inclusive of LGBTIQ+ students.

Victorian Anti Bullying and Mental Health Initiative

$9.5 million investment to put a stop to bullying in our schools.

Early childhood programs

Best Start

An early years initiative to help provide children the best possible environment, experiences and care.

Early childhood language program

Giving preschool children the opportunity to learn another language.

School Readiness Funding: supporting kindergartens

Giving all children an equal chance to thrive by providing all kindergartens with extra resourcing.

Kindergarten – Best Start, Best Life

The Victorian Government is investing $5 billion in kindergarten programs for all 3-year-olds over the next 10 years – a nation-leading initiative that will benefit children across the state

School-based programs

Many Talents One VCE

VCE is changing from 2023. Victorian senior secondary education is changing. From 2023, the new VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate will replace VCAL.

Blended arts education (dance and drama)

Every child and young person – no matter their background or circumstance – deserves a chance to participate in quality arts education.

Doctors in secondary schools

Funding for GPs to provide medical advice and health care to secondary students in need.

Education Plans

School, government and community collaborating to shape a local ‘people and place’ approach to education.

Free sanitary pads and tampons in all government schools

Helping schools promote positive menstrual health.

Glasses for kids

Provides free vision screening and if needed, further testing and free glasses to participating Prep to Year 3 students.

Positive Start school camps

The Victorian Government is offering free camps and activities to boost student physical and emotional health with the Positive Start program.

Respectful Relationships

Embedding a culture of respect, positive attitudes, and equality across the whole school community.

School Breakfast Clubs program

Offering free and healthy food for students in 1000 Victorian government schools.

School Industry Roundtables

Secondary schools, training providers, industry and local government come together and collaborate on improving education, training and employment pathways for students.

Senior secondary schooling pathway reforms

We want every Victorian student’s senior secondary experience to be positive, enjoyable and rewarding.

Speech pathology in schools

Providing select primary schools with more than 35,000 hours of speech pathology support for students.

Student Excellence Program

Delivering a range of initiatives for Victorian government schools to support and extend their high-ability students.

Swimming in schools

Supporting all students to achieve the Victorian Water Safety Certificate with funded swimming and water safety education.

Tech Schools

Ten new Tech Schools give secondary students opportunities to learn side-by-side with industry and STEM experts.

Trade Training Centres in Schools

Australian government program to help address skills shortages in trades and emerging industries.

Transforming career education

New initiatives to improve career education in Victorian government schools.

Year 9 NAPLAN certificates of achievement

Celebrating Year 9 students who achieve outstanding or significantly improved NAPLAN tests results.

Music in schools

Every child and young person – no matter their background or circumstance – deserves the best chance to succeed in work and in life.

Higher education and training programs

Raising Expectations Program

The Raising Expectations program aims to increase educational outcomes in post-secondary study for young people that are leaving out-of-home care.

deafConnectEd

The deafConnectEd program is intended to create equitable educational opportunities and outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students undertaking study in the VET sector.

International Specialised Skills Institute

The VET International Practitioner Fellowship program provides the opportunity for eligible applicants to travel overseas.

Reconnect Program 2021-2024

Reconnect is designed to support Victorians experiencing disadvantage.

Head Start apprenticeships and traineeships

Head Start complements secondary school-based education with an apprenticeship or traineeship, building skills and confidence.

Asylum Seeker VET program

The Victorian government has expanded the Asylum Seeker Vocational Education Training (ASVET) program to exempt eligible asylum seekers from the usual citizenship and residency criteria.

Skills First Youth Access Initiative

Supports at risk young people by providing access to vocational education and training opportunities, tuition fee waivers and pathways to employment.

Supporting the teaching profession

Board certified behaviour analyst pilot project

Building the capability of student support services staff to help students with complex behaviours.

Career start: transforming the first years of the teaching career

A pilot program to support graduate teachers in the first years of their careers.

Supporting graduate teachers in their first years in the classroom

Find information about The Career Start Pilot (the Pilot) program, professional development opportunities, and a range of additional supports to graduate teachers in their first years.

Targeted initiative to attract more teachers

Funding is available to attract more teachers for hard-to-staff positions. Find out how to submit an expression of interest for your school and how you can apply for a teaching position.

Tutor learning initiative: information for prospective tutors

Guidance for teaching professionals on how to register interest in becoming a tutor or Casual Relief Teacher (CRT).

Programs for parents and carers

Look Before You Lock

Anyone can accidentally leave their child in a car. Remember to check your back seat before leaving.

Never Leave Kids in Cars

Never leave your most precious valuables, your children, alone in the car.

Celebrating the Education State

150 years of public education in Victoria

In 2022 we mark 150 years of public education in Victoria. Let's celebrate our shared belief that every child deserves a high-quality education, regardless of background or economic circumstance.

The Education State

We’re making Victoria the Education State by building an education system that produces excellence and reduces the impact of disadvantage.

Our Place

The Our Place approach provides tailored education, health and wellbeing services from a single location, creating an integrated community resource that supports children and families to succeed.

​​​​​​​​​​Public School. Our School.

In Victoria, our public schools have a vision to support every student to succeed – because every child matters and every child belongs.

Rural and regional Victoria funding

The Victorian Government is taking action to bridge the divide between regional and metropolitan schools.

STEM education in Victoria

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) cover a wide range of disciplines and skills, which are increasingly in demand in our rapidly changing world.

Reviewed 19 December 2022

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