NSW government pushes national minimum entry standard for teachers

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated December 15 2016 - 11:08am, first published November 27 2016 - 4:36pm
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli at Cherrybrook Technology High School. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli at Cherrybrook Technology High School. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Greg Craven, the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University Photo: Louise Kennerley
Greg Craven, the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University Photo: Louise Kennerley
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino and NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli are taken on a tour of Footscray North Primary School.  Photo: Henrietta Cook
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino and NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli are taken on a tour of Footscray North Primary School. Photo: Henrietta Cook

NSW will face an influx of less-qualified teachers from other states, the NSW government has warned, unless national minimum standards are adopted to prevent students from flooding into university degrees.