Building the Education Revolution program

Mr Fletcher asked:

How many schools in NSW received Commonwealth funding under the Building the Education Revolution program, and in these schools, how many classrooms were built, and how many of these classrooms are air-conditioned.

Mr Garrett responded:

(1)    In NSW, 3,079 Government, Catholic and Independent schools received funding under the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program.

(2)    The table below shows the number of Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) projects in NSW with a facility type of ‘classrooms’.  Some of these projects may have involved the construction of more than one classroom.

NSW – Sector

P21 projects

Facility Type – Classrooms

Government

946

Catholic

178

Indpenedent

49

TOTAL

1173