Make career guidance a right for every ACT Year 7-10 public school student

Subject:
Make career guidance a right for every ACT Year 7-10 public school student
Eligibility:
Residents of ACT
Sponsoring member:
Miss Laura Nuttall
No. of Signatures:
1
Posting Date:
7/11/2025
Closing Date:
30/4/2026
 
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Information about the Principal Petitioner is available through the sponsoring Member of the Legislative Assembly's office
TO: The Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reason for this Petition

The following residents of the ACT draw the attention of the Assembly:

• 3 of 5 year 7-10 students in ACT public schools do not have access to a qualified career adviser at their school; 

• 13 of 22 ACT public schools with years 7-10 do not employ a qualified, professional career practitioner in a career adviser’s role at the school; and

• Young people, the school community, industry, business, parents, higher and tertiary education institutions are calling out for high schools to make the employment of career advisers a priority.

Requested Actions

Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to:

• Ensure professionally qualified career practitioners are employed in all ACT public schools with years 7-10 and resourced at 1 full-time equivalent (1 FTE) career practitioner to 450 students; 

• Offer targeted scholarships to school staff (teaching and non-teaching) who wish to gain professional level career qualifications to remove barriers to gaining a career qualification; and 

• Provide additional funding for schools for this strategy and requisite actions in recognition of budget pressures currently facing public schools in the ACT.

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