The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) is the largest provider of educational services in Australia. DET operates more than 2,400 sites, enrols 1.2 million students and has an asset base valued in excess of $15 billion.
In recent years DET has let two major public-private sector partnership type contracts to provide NSW government schools in new urban release areas. This new approach is called the New Schools Privately Financed Project.