The Guardian’s report Children and Young People in State Care in South Australian Government Schools 2007-2013 tracks trends in school enrollment, attendance and literacy/numeracy of
The South Australian Government’s Skills for All program, which was launched by the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) on July 1
According to children, the benefits of going to school go well beyond their school grades. Children in care say they like school because they make
In 2010 there were 1,338 children in care ‘located in, and actively attending’ government schools. (1) Disability According to the education department’s
In 2010-11 the Office of the Guardian audited 246 annual reviews in total, conducted in 16 Families SA offices. This was 12 per cent of the
The Guardian for Children and Young People monitors the circumstances of children under the guardianship, or in the custody, of the Minister for Families and
The Office has joined the consultation on the 2010 update of South Australia’s Strategic Plan to propose this target specific to children in care: Exceed
South Australia’s three universities combined with the Office of the Guardian again this year to update a brochure to encourage young people under, or recently under,
The Department of Families and Communities’ consultation on directions in alternative care closed on September 3. You can now read the Office of the Guardian’s Response
Everybody says ‘if you want to get anywhere, you’ve got to get an education’. And we know that people are telling us we need to go
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.