Some commitments in the new West Australian budget may calm the state’s vocal education sector outrage.

But the cost of boosting high school facilities may be borne by primary and early childhood learning.

Around 550 new teachers will be employed to accommodate continual growth in student enrolments, Treasurer Mike Nahan has promised this week.

The state government committed $4.6 billion to West Australian public education, including $188 million specifically to address student numbers.

A bursary of $1.16 billion will be used to build 19 new schools and upgrade existing sites up to 2018, with the state government saying a new student-centred funding model will be created to ensure better allocation of resources.

“A student-centred funding model will be introduced, which will allocate resources to schools in a way that is both equitable and transparent,” WA treasurer Mike Nahan told parliament.

“In 2015, the government will undertake the most significant program of reforms in public schools in recent history.”

Under the new model, funding will be awarded on an almost individual student basis.

Money will be spent to cater to the specific needs of each enrolled student, rather than by school type or programs.

The government has pledged an additional $230 million for high school facilities to smooth the transition of Year 7 students into high school.

But the fund s may not go far enough, according to the teachers’ union.

State School Teachers Union of WA senior vice president Lincoln Rose has told reports that and additional 550 teachers would not meet the growing educational needs for some students.

“The extra 550 positions to secondary schools won't cover the massive increases that we'll have in secondary schools next year,” Mr Rose told WA Today.

“Secondary schools will increase because of the Year 7 transition but also there will be an extra 11,000 students in public schools next year.”

The union says the plans will effectively cut funding of $337 per secondary school student.

“Student fees are set to increase, which will have a devastating impact on families and have a negative impact on productivity of this state,” he said.

Mr Rose has pointed to literacy programs cut in primary schools and a lack of support for early childhood education and special needs programs as areas which have suffered to boost the high school sector.