SOUTH Australia's education department handled more than 50 claims of serious misconduct by staff last year and is hiring two more investigators to process the claims.
Education Minister Jennifer Rankine told state parliament on Thursday that in 2012 there were 51 cases of which 24 were finalised during the year.
But she said that was the lowest number since 2008 when the department dealt with 70 cases.
Her comments followed claims from opposition education spokesman David Pisoni that the government had been caught out taking a casual attitude to child protection.
He could not say how many of the misconduct cases still under investigation involved sexual abuse by teachers.
"We're not sure how many of these investigations are related to child sex abuse or assaults on children but serious misconduct is serious misconduct and it's not acceptable," Mr Pisoni told reporters on Thursday.
Ms Rankine also told state parliament that the government had created a new position of deputy chief executive for child safety in the education department.
That person will be responsible for implementing recommendations from an ongoing inquiry into a series of sex abuse cases involving teachers.
"This appointment is an important step in restoring the confidence of parents in our public education system," she said.
"Children attending our schools and preschools need to be safe first and foremost before we can expect them to learn."
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