Work is taking place at more than 45 public preschools across South Australia to ensure they are ready to welcome three-year-olds next year, building on the valuable services they already offer their local communities.

Nearly a thousand South Australian year 10 students will learn about the importance of democracy in an increasingly polarized world, as they take part in a national-first civics and citizenship convention at Adelaide Oval.

The purpose-built, state-of-the-art Port Augusta Technical College has been officially opened, seeing the beginning of new opportunities for students and a new pipeline for future employees in regional South Australia.

For the first time since NAPLAN testing began, South Australia has improved or held its position in every domain compared with the rest of the country.

A ban on mobile phones at public high schools, introduced in 2023, continues to show huge improvements in student behaviour and wellbeing.