The University of Wollongong is helping train up to 328 people to join the NSW public school counselling workforce between 2020 and 2023.
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Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said NSW public schools would have a strong pipeline of trained and qualified school counsellors and school psychologists to draw on over the next few years.
She said UOW along with Charles Sturt and Sydney universities were providing interested teachers and psychology graduates with the training they needed.
"These new positions will bring the total number of graduate scholarships for psychology and teacher retraining to 566 since 2016 through the Supported Students Successful Students initiative," Ms Mitchell said.
"The NSW government is also on track to deliver the 100 additional school counsellor position as part of its $88.4 million student wellbeing election commitment.
"We have committed to employing both a full time psychologist or counsellor, and a student support officer, in every government high school.
"Of these 100 new positions, 25 counselling staff are on the job four months ahead of schedule."
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Agron Latifi
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
