On Thursday, a report released by the NSW audit office found that there were “gaps in oversight” in the way funding from the state education department was distributed within the non-government school sector. • Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noonAbout 418,000 schoolchildren in NSW attend non-government schools, representing 35% of students in the state. The NSW auditor general, Margaret Crawford, said there was a lack of oversight in how the systemic schools “reallocate grant funding between their member schools”. An NSW department of education spokesman said it supported the auditor general’s recommendations and was “committed to continue strengthening accountability for non-government schools”. He said the department would “develop principles and an approach to reporting requirements for the distribution of state funding for system authorities” to align with commonwealth requirements.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 03:22 UTC