Public schools across New South Wales are receiving tens of millions of dollars in extra funding to help ensure students don’t fall behind in literacy and numeracy.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian today announced an additional $80 million will be split across the state to schools most in need of extra educational resources and student support in the classroom.

“We will invest in the future of our state by investing in our children,” Ms Berejiklian today said, while launching the funding increase at Samuel Terry Public School at Cranebrook, in Sydney’s west.

The funding hike takes the total, in state and federal funds, on education resources in the state to $1.09 billion.

“This needs based funding is focused on providing extra support for students where there is a recognised need, to plug those gaps,” Minister for Education Rob Stokes said,

Mr Stokes indicated the money could be spent on resources such as laptops, staff training and speech pathologists.

Samuel Terry Public School Principal, Stephen Lockley, told 9NEWS “an extra set of hands in the classroom is really important and is very beneficial to all children in the class”.

The NSW Opposition Shadow Education Minister Jihad Dib, an experienced educationalist, said while extra funding was always welcome people should not get too carried away with thinking today’s announcement is Mr Stokes waving a magic wand.

“There are still going to be children that will need more help despite these modest and planned increases,” Mr Dib said.

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