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State Department
Education and Training

Department of Education

Portfolio: Education

https://education.nt.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$1.2B

NT 2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$5.2B

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

5,500

Headcount (2024-25)
Major Digital Projects
4

Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) Renewal Project

Department of Education

Tier 1
DCA: Medium-High
Active

Total Budget

$32.4M

Digital Budget

$27.8M

July 2023June 2026

The TCSI Renewal Project is an ICT project delivering improved decision-making, service provision, access and security. It will reduce administrative overheads, improve productivity and increase satisfaction of higher education providers and students. The benefits will be delivered through enhancements to analytic capacity, monitoring and service delivery tools, to drive more accurate and timely data collection processes and ensure the security and privacy of data holdings.

Education Funding System (EFS) (Transforming Program Administration for Schools and Higher Education (TPASU)

Department of Education

Tier 2
DCA: Medium-High
Active

Total Budget

$88M

Digital Budget

$71M

July 2023December 2026

The EFS project is a significant initiative by the department to modernise and streamline the management of education funding across Australia, to improve the administration of $46 billion in annual funding allocated to Australian schools and higher education institutions. At the time of preparing this report, this project is subject to the escalation protocols set out in the Assurance Framework for Digital and ICT Investments. These protocols are designed to support agencies in the timely resolution of delivery challenges.

Child Care Subsidy (CCS) - Automation and Streamlining of Gap Fee Compliance

Department of Education

Tier 3
Active

Total Budget

$7.5M

Digital Budget

$7.5M

July 2024June 2026

The CCS – Automation and Streamlining of Gap Fee Compliance project aims to enhance CCS program integrity and efficiency by automating and streamlining gap fee compliance activities. This project is part of broader efforts from 2022–23 to 2024–25 to prevent fraud and ensure compliance, delivering significant savings over 6 years. The project enhances the financial support through the CCS, benefiting Australian families and children.

Schools Unique Student Identifier (USI)

Department of Education

Tier 3
Active

Total Budget

$NFPM

Digital Budget

$NFPM

January 2019December 2027

The Schools USI project is a national enabling initiative in the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement 2025–2034 (BFSA). The initiative expands the national USI system operating currently in the vocational education and training (VET) and higher education sectors to the school education sector. Once fully implemented, a unique number will be assigned to all primary and secondary school students in Australia, including students in alternative schooling arrangements such as homeschooling. This unique national number will be able to travel with a student throughout their school years and into VET and higher education. Implementation of the Schools USI national enabling initiative will continue in 2026 consistent with the BFSA schedule, with all school students to receive a USI by the end of 2027.

Ideas relevant to this department

8 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

No current official strategy document has been verified yet

Structured strategy exists but is incomplete.

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 8

Citizen Services

Increase student enrolment monitoring frequency

Implement weekly enrolment tracking to identify and address underperformance sooner.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2024-25.pdf [AR p.15]

Citizen Participation

Adopt Singapore's Smart Nation digital feedback loop

Integrate a digital feedback loop from Singapore's Smart Nation initiative to improve student engagement and satisfaction.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

singapore-smart-nation.txt

Data & Performance

Conduct quarterly data analysis on educational outcomes

Beyond annual analysis, conduct quarterly data dives to inform real-time educational strategies.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Medium

2024-25.pdf [CP p.10]

Staff Productivity

Create an online teacher feedback portal

Develop an online portal for teachers to submit feedback quickly and efficiently.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Low
Small

2024-25.pdf [AR p.20]

Staff Productivity

Reduce teacher turnover rate by 15%

Implement targeted retention strategies to decrease teacher turnover by 15%.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2024-25.pdf [AR p.17]

Regulation & Policy

Update curriculum biannually based on stakeholder input

Beyond annual updates, implement biannual curriculum revisions incorporating stakeholder feedback.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2024-25.pdf [CP p.12]

Citizen Services

Build a public dashboard showing weekly student progress updates

Create a public dashboard to provide weekly updates on student academic progress.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2024-25.pdf [AR p.22]

Regulation & Policy

Adopt Finland's education reform model

Implement Finland's education reform model focusing on teacher autonomy and student-centered learning.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

finland-education-reform.txt

Citizen Services

Increase student enrolment monitoring frequency

Implement weekly enrolment tracking to identify and address underperformance sooner.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2024-25.pdf [AR p.15]

Citizen Participation

Adopt Singapore's Smart Nation digital feedback loop

Integrate a digital feedback loop from Singapore's Smart Nation initiative to improve student engagement and satisfaction.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

singapore-smart-nation.txt

Data & Performance

Conduct quarterly data analysis on educational outcomes

Beyond annual analysis, conduct quarterly data dives to inform real-time educational strategies.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Medium

2024-25.pdf [CP p.10]

Staff Productivity

Create an online teacher feedback portal

Develop an online portal for teachers to submit feedback quickly and efficiently.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Low
Small

2024-25.pdf [AR p.20]

Staff Productivity

Reduce teacher turnover rate by 15%

Implement targeted retention strategies to decrease teacher turnover by 15%.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2024-25.pdf [AR p.17]

Regulation & Policy

Update curriculum biannually based on stakeholder input

Beyond annual updates, implement biannual curriculum revisions incorporating stakeholder feedback.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2024-25.pdf [CP p.12]

Citizen Services

Build a public dashboard showing weekly student progress updates

Create a public dashboard to provide weekly updates on student academic progress.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2024-25.pdf [AR p.22]

Regulation & Policy

Adopt Finland's education reform model

Implement Finland's education reform model focusing on teacher autonomy and student-centered learning.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

finland-education-reform.txt

Legislation administered

· 7

Act

2013

Australian Education Act 2013

The Department of Education administers the annual reporting requirements for all Queensland schools under this Act.

Act

2004

Education Services for Schools Act 2004

The Department of Education administers the policies and regulations for school funding and operations under this Act.

Act

2006

Education (General Provisions) Act 2006

The Department of Education administers the annual reporting requirements for all Queensland schools under this Act.

Act

2006

Education and Training Reform Act 2006

The Department of Education administers the policies and regulations for vocational education and training under this Act.

Act

1990

School Education Transition Act 1990

The Department of Education administers the policies and regulations for primary and secondary education under this Act.

Regulation

2017

School Education Regulations 2017

The Department of Education administers the regulations governing school operations and funding under this regulation.

Act

1990

Vocational Education and Training Act 1990

The Department of Education administers the policies and regulations for vocational education and training under this Act.

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