Secretary's Award for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 2024 The Secretary’s Award for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging is a prestigious award presented to a NSW Department of Education employee. The award recognises and celebrates those [...]
Parramatta, NSW – 25 January 2024: This week students, teachers, parents, grandparents, and guardians across Australia are preparing to return to school and are looking forward to the 2024 school [...]
Parramatta, NSW – 5 January 2024: Nine of Australia’s best and brightest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) public school teachers have been selected as the 2024 recipients of the [...]
Parramatta, NSW – 12 December 2023: The Public Education Foundation (PEF) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hetherington as our new Chair of the Board. This transition marks [...]
Media release 6 September, 2023 NSW PUBLIC EDUCATION CELEBRATES EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT An impressive 165 awards have been presented to NSW public school teachers, students, employees and parents at the 2023 [...]
Sydney, Australia – 1 September 2023: The Board of the Public Education Foundation (PEF) supports a Yes vote in the upcoming Voice Referendum to be held on 14th October.Approximately 30% of scholarships awarded by the [...]
The Australian Government is offering to provide free home internet for one year to 30,000 families around Australia with school-aged children that do not currently have an NBN broadband service. We have been asked to [...]
The Public Education Foundation’s Acacia Program Scholarship provides financial assistance and mentoring/career advice to high potential students, in need, attending schools in specific schools in the Glenrock region of NSW (See basic eligibility section [...]
Lilly Murphy Memorial ScholarshipThe Public Education Foundation’s Lilly Murphy Memorial Scholarship supports public school students who are passionate about equity and social justice. It targets students whose personal circumstances mean they may not otherwise have [...]
National Tertiary Scholarship The Public Education Foundation’s National Tertiary Scholarship is open to current Year 12 students attending public high schools in metropolitan regions across all states and territories in Australia. This scholarship aims [...]
