VPRS 11446 Country Areas Program Files

This series of records details the Departments involvement in various projects designed to support and develop opportunities for students in rural schools to meet standards required for post-secondary education and training, to increase awareness of post-secondary education and training opportunities, and to provide vocational guidance.The files detail development of initiatives such as Teacher Professional Development, Non-Traditional Curriculum, the provision of VCE units designed to facilitate entry into TAFE courses, Teaching Farms, Mobile Resource Centres, Literacy Projects, Sport Education, and other project proposals.Contents of the files include policy material, research papers, conference material, budgets/grants, Ministerial briefings, Ministerial correspondence, minutes of committees, administrative documents, financial records, and general correspondence.