The state’s exceptional vocational education and training (VET) sector is in the spotlight with the 2023 South Australian Training Awards finalists announced today.

A service assisting country teachers to find a home, and reducing administration for school leaders, is being expanded by the Department for Education.

Classrooms at 120 public schools and preschools will be filled with music, after being granted a share in around $275,000 to deliver quality music education programs in South Australia.

Dozens of training options – ranging from engineering to electrotechnology - are being made available for year 11 and 12 secondary students in South Australia next year after consultation with key industries across the state and endorsement by the South Australian Skills Commission.

Scholarships to encourage new teachers to move to country South Australia have been awarded to 38 university students in a new program to boost country schools and preschools.