NSW Axes Plans for Year 11 and 12 Compulsory Maths

Published on March 13, 2024

The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) has welcomed the NSW Education Standards Authority’s (NESA) decision to keep offering mathematics as an optional subject for Years 11 and 12 students. The previous New South Wales (NSW) Berejiklian government intended to mandate math for all students in Years 11 and 12 from 2026, but that plan has just been scrapped. NESA clarified in a letter to schools that mathematics will now remain optional for senior students. IEUA NSW/ACT branch Secretary Carol Matthews hailed the decision as a sensible response amidst record-high teacher shortages in the state’s metropolitan and regional areas. Despite 460 fewer teacher vacancies than last year, the number of teacher vacancies at the start of this school year remained high at 1,782, indicating an ongoing shortage in the education sector....

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