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Strategy and action plans: Department of Education

Information about the department’s strategy and plans.

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2025–2029 Department of Education Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan outlines the department’s overarching strategy to achieve its vision of ‘A great education for every child and young person – so they can thrive now, and in the future, for a fairer, smarter, and more prosperous state.'

2022–26 Aboriginal inclusion plan

Dhelk Wukang, the department’s fourth Aboriginal Inclusion Plan, is our commitment to strengthening Aboriginal inclusion, self-determination and cultural safety at all levels within the department, including the Victorian Public Service and Government Teaching Service.

The plan outlines the proactive steps the department is taking to support tangible, positive structural change across our entire workforce – both in school and corporate settings – to ensure every departmental workplace is safe for Aboriginal people.

2025-2029 Aboriginal Employment Plan

This plan aims to increase the employment of First Nations people across all department workplaces, so that our workforce represents the community we serve. It describes how we will attract and support First Nations employees, and strengthen our commitment to cultural safety and self-determination principles for First Nations people.

2022–25 Gender equality action plan

The department’s Gender Equality Action Plan for 2022-25 sets out our commitment to promote workplace gender equality, ensuring a gender equitable, safe, inclusive and respectful workplace for all staff in government schools and our corporate workplaces.

2023–27 Disability action plan

The Disability Action Plan 2023 to 2027 (the plan) demonstrates the department’s work to support the Victorian Government’s vision of an inclusive Victoria. It sets out the current actions the department is undertaking to provide inclusive schooling for all Victorian students.

2019–22 Disability employment plan

The department’s Disability Employment Plan for 2019-22 sets out our commitment to boosting employment opportunities and career experiences for people with disabilities. It includes a range of actions that will set stronger foundations through policy, procedures and processes that will remove barriers and ensure increased inclusion across our workplaces.

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Read more about the inclusive education program: Inclusive education for students with disabilities.

2023–27 Cultural diversity plan

The department’s 2023-27 Cultural Diversity Plan outlines the proactive steps the department is taking to build cultures of respect and belonging and strengthen diversity and inclusion in the department’s workforce and all early education and school settings.

The plan shares the vision and priorities of the department’s Strategic Plan and has been shaped around four focus areas - early childhood education participation, student learning and wellbeing, intercultural capability in schools, and workforce diversity and professional learning – to bring together our work under current strategic reforms that lifts outcomes for children and young people from multicultural communities.

The plan is supported by an action register which will be updated annually to identify the specific actions that will deliver on these four focus areas and their objectives to:

The plan also responds to the requirement under the Multicultural Victoria Act 2011 for departments to develop cultural diversity plans to meet the needs of Victoria’s diverse communities.

Ministerial Statement of Expectations for regulators

Information on Ministerial Statements of Expectations (SOE), which outline the government’s expectations for regulators.

Our regulators include:

Climate change and adaption action plan

The 2022-2026 Climate Change Adaptation Action plan sets out how we intend to address the challenges of climate change.

Statistics on Victorian schools and teaching

Summary statistics on Victorian schools including children, teacher supply and demand, and expulsion data.

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Updated 26 March 2026

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