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Grants Open to Help West Gippsland and Latrobe Valley Schools Build Inclusion
All inclusive playground and outdoor learning spaces soon.
West Gippsland and Latrobe Valley schools will be able to build inclusive indoor and outdoor learning spaces as well as accessible playgrounds to support students with disabilities and additional needs, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.
Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing said Round 6 applications of the Inclusive Schools Fund were now open for local schools to create inclusive spaces.
An additional $20 million was allocated for Round 6 and 7 of the Inclusive Schools Fund in the 2020/21 Victorian Budget, bringing the Andrews Labor Government’s total investment in the Fund to $60 million.
The Inclusive Schools Fund is helping government schools better cater for the social and educational needs of young people with a disability and additional needs.
A total of 53 projects were funded in Round 5, including $200,000 for Drouin Primary School to build and all-abilities playground and sensory garden.
Other successful projects included accessible kitchen gardens, wheelchair-friendly playground surfaces, quiet musical areas, a bush playground and sensory zones with a range of tactile surfaces.
Since its inception in 2015, the Fund has supported 234 creative projects to build inclusive indoor and outdoor learning spaces as well as accessible playgrounds have been announced.
Inclusive education is about ensuring that all students, regardless of disabilities or other differences, can fully participate, learn, develop and succeed in Victorian government schools.
In the past five years, the Victorian Government has invested more than $9 billion in more than 1,600 school upgrades – creating more than 10,000 construction jobs – and is now ahead of schedule its commitment to open 100 new schools by 2026, with 48 new schools opening between 2019 and 2022.
Applications for Round 6 of the program open on Tuesday, 8 December and close Friday, 19 February. For more details, go to https://www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au/Pages/Inclusive-Schools-Fund.aspx
Quote attributable to Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing
"This fund is helping West Gippsland and Latrobe Valley schools make a real difference to students through new inclusive spaces that cater for a wider range of options for teaching and learning."
Quote attributable to Minister for Education James Merlino
"We are supporting projects that are making a real difference to students, who will get the benefits of new inclusive spaces to cater for a wider range of options for teaching and learning."
Source: http://gippsland.com/
Published by: support@gippsland.com
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