SYDNEY - Schools would be allowed to manage their unspent Building the Education Revolution (BER) grants under a coalition government, says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Principals would also be able to keep any savings to invest in other projects.

"I trust the school communities," Mr Abbott told reporters after a tour of Annangrove Public School in Sydney on Wednesday.

SYDNEY - The NSW government is living in a state of denial over its delivery of the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program after giving itself a glowing appraisal of its performance, the Greens say.

Under the BER Score Card, the state government gave itself a mark of 100 out of 100 for delivery of National School Pride projects, 97 out 100 for secondary school science and language centres and 95 out of 100 for delivery of projects under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century program.

BRISBANE, June 24 AAP - Queensland students from Prep to Year 10 will begin learning the new national curriculum from 2012 after an agreement between the state, Catholic and Independent schools.

Queensland Education Minister Geoff Wilson said the new curriculum in English, mathematics and science would be taught from 2012, and history from 2013.

CANBERRA - The minister charged with overseeing the federal government's $16 billion school halls program has conceded it "wasn't value for money" in some cases.

The Building the Education Revolution money is being spent on school facilities to stimulate the economy, but critics accuse the program of wasting money and being prone to rorting.