Australian Education Performance ‘Declining Across the Board’: Education Minister

Senior students are seen in class at Melba Secondary College on October 12, 2020, in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

The average Australian 15-year-old is now around one academic year behind those of the same age from two decades ago, says the federal education minister.

Alan Tudge says despite the 38 percent increase in education funding over the last decade, education performance has dropped “in both absolute terms and relative to other countries.”