We’re creating a state where every student can learn and achieve – regardless of where they live or the barriers that stand in their way.
We’re building schools where our kids don’t just learn, they excel – with world-leading classrooms, great teachers and the very best resources on offer.
Every Victorian family, wherever they live, deserves a good quality school. That’s why, since 2015 we’ve made significant investments in new schools, upgrades and improvements across the state.
This Budget brings our total investment in improving and building new schools to more than $12.8 billion over the past eight years. To help better meet the needs of local families, this Budget invests $1.8 billion in building new schools and upgrading existing schools.
The Victorian Government is making a big investment in upgrading special schools in this Budget. This means that since we took office eight years ago, every single special school in Victoria will have received funding for a major upgrade – because students with disability deserve the same opportunities as every other student in Victoria.
We’ve funded doctors in schools, put mental health professionals on campuses, and provided free breakfast to kids who would otherwise go without.
We’re also giving our youngest Victorians the best foundation possible, by extending universal kindergarten to all three-year-olds.
And we’re investing to transform VCE and VCAL to help students graduate into a great job and a rewarding future.
Because we’re building the Education State – for every Victorian child
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Reviewed 03 May 2022