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Restoring Our Edge In Education : Making Australia's Education System Its Next Competitive Advantage, Geoff Masters
Restoring Our Edge In Education : Making Australia's Education System Its Next Competitive Advantage, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Future levels of educational attainment in Australia will be key determinants of individual, social and economic prosperity. Policies that deliver an increase in education and training levels will have wide-ranging benefits for individuals, standards of living and social cohesion. Over recent decades there have been steady increases in the education levels of young Australians. Future generations will be much more highly educated as current levels of educational achievement flow through the age structure over time. However, despite generally increasing education levels, Australia has one of the lowest secondary school completion rates among comparable countries. Australia's future economic competitiveness will depend …