Ministers should have some “backbone” and control the national curriculum

ACU senior researcher Dr. Kevin Donnelly said that government ministers must have a “backbone” to control the national curriculum from the bureaucracy-to ensure that the curriculum itself is “fair.” He told the host of “Sky News” Peta Credlin: “As far as we know, it is under revision. I just hope that the ministers can make a difference.” “But usually we will review, The suggestion is upward-it requires the minister to actually control it rather than hand it over to the bureaucrats.” For example, ACARA bureaucrats usually have been there for eight to ten years, and they need to exert pressure to ensure. “Because the details are the devil-we need to make sure it is fair.”