Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today presented $12,928 funding to representatives from Shoalhaven Heads Public School to help upgrade their facilities.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced with the New South Wales Government its school budget allocations for 2019, with a record $1.18 billion being distributed to more than 2,200 public schools across New South Wales.

Education Minister Rob Stokes and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward visited Kiama High School today to learn more about the school’s new sustainability program.

Local skilled workers, apprentices and trainees now have a greater opportunity to gain employment in the South Coast region as part of the Berry to Bomaderry Princes Highway upgrade. 

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local students have been recognised at the 28th annual TAFE NSW Gili Awards, a celebration of the achievements of Aboriginal students, teachers and employees, at a ceremony hosted by the Governor of NSW in Sydney.

A new program will ensure that our public education system remains among the finest in the world, with new employment standards set for graduate teachers in NSW public schools. 

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward has announced funding of $300,000 for a new two-year program to prevent Year 11 students from dropping out of school by tapping into their strengths and creating vocational pathways into jobs.

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP is today urging local Aboriginal people across our region to apply for a scholarship that will support them in studying a bachelor level early childhood teaching qualification.