Parents praise clear, thorough Debelle school sex abuse report Education Minister Jennifer Rankine. PARENTS of children abused by school workers or fellow students want faster responses to incidents and better counselling offered to victims. Families across the state gave evidence to a seven-month inquiry into sexual abuse cases in public schools, released yesterday . They have welcomed the 43 recommendations made by former judge Bruce Debelle and agree with its findings that the Education Department let parents down. Many stressed the need for better counselling for victims after they found it difficult to secure funding therapy sessions for their children from the department. Mr Debelle recommends the department provide counselling to victims of alleged sexual misconduct, their parents and school staff. More: Report demands fighting fund for parents He also suggests: A FORMAL mediation process to help resolve disputes between the department and parents on school governing councils. THE appointment of a "qualified and experienced" psychologist who can work with parents at schools where a sexual assault occurs. One parent said the government had already implemented some of the recommendations such as tightening screening criteria for people who wanted to work with children. Others praised Mr Debelle for his thorough treatment of the issue. "It (the report) basically outlines every single thing that happened, who told who when ... its really amazingly thorough," one mother said. Analysis: The system just isn't up to scratch A father of a young girl allegedly assaulted by another student at an Adelaide Hills school said Education Minister Jennifer Rankine promised she would work with parents to ensure the system did not fail young people in future. "She seemed very willing to listen and understand our situation," he said. Its too late for our daughter but hopefully changes will be made and this sort of stuff won't happen in future. SA Association of School Parent Clubs president Jenice Zerna said many parents would have lost faith in the public education system and that speedy implementation of the recommendations would go some way to repairing that trust. "If people going to be held accountable, that needs to be from the top down," she said. If someone didn't pass information on then they have to be accountable. At times schools and people within the department put issues in the too hard basket and this needs to looked at by the department and the Minister to bring that trust back to our parents. It's very disappointing to think it's taken something like (the) Debelle (inquiry) to get to the bottom of it.