Two recent announcements by the State Government indicate a commitment to the education and training of Queenslanders:

Queensland Skills Plan 2008

Education and Training Minister, Rod Welford, launched the Queensland Skills Plan 2008 which recognises that to meet the skill needs of business and industry, we must take the opportunity to build the capacity and skills of our workforce.  The plan focuses on five specific areas:

1.   developing the skills of existing workers and apprentices

2.   engaging unemployed and under-employed people

3.   improving youth transitions to enhance education, training and employment outcomes

4.   building the capacity of the Queensland VET sector

5.   building bridges to the professions

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Access to Early Childhood Education in Queensland

The State Government has committed to creating an additional 240 kindergarten services in Queensland by 2014 as part of a number of changes in early childhood education and care in Queensland.  This move takes account of research which has clearly established that quality early learning experiences lay the foundation for children's subsequent achievement in schooling and for the future.  A new Office for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is to be established within the Education portfolio.

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