Teachers protest outside Jacinta Allan's office

Carlos Castro says these are some of the funding pressures on teachers that fast-tracked spending could fix.

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00:00What do we want? Full funding!

00:02When do we want it? Now!

00:04What do we want? Full funding!

00:06When do we want it? Now!

00:08So there's a lot of programs that schools run,

00:11not just the day-to-day teaching and ES staff,

00:14but there are separate programs that schools run

00:16which help lift up those students who are falling behind

00:18and also help support those students who are accelerating

00:21and doing really well with their studies.

00:23So there's so many different programs

00:25that help students academically,

00:27but then there's social issues that students suffer from sometimes.

00:32The programs that this funding goes towards

00:35support them significantly as well.

00:38So it's not just the curricular side of things,

00:40it's also the pastoral care that these students receive

00:42in our public education system.

00:44And without this extra funding at all,

00:46delaying this extra funding until 2031

00:49really means that the students in Ballarat and Bendigo

00:52will be hindered in their development,

00:55both from a curricular perspective but also socially.

00:59to be

01:04the most important critical moment.

01:08So as all of this,

01:10we can do a lot of things,

01:12a lot of things.

01:13So what are the questions

01:14that we keep in mind?

01:16This is the first time.

01:17And again,

01:18the most important thing

01:19that we can make a statement

01:20that we have to think about as well.

01:22So what is the next step?

01:23If you make an independent people

01:24who are the most important,

01:25we want to know you.