❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the status of schools seeking Registered Training Organisation (RTO) status, potential barriers, and the impact on Year 12 students. The Minister's response indicates support, successful registration for applicant schools, and ongoing efforts to streamline the process.
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(2) How many schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations? (3) Has an application been made by a number of schools to become Registered Training Organisations? (4) Have some or all of the schools who have applied for such registration completed all the registration requirements? (5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister
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(1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(3) Has an application been made by a number of schools to become Registered Training Organisations? (4) Have some or all of the schools who have applied for such registration completed all the registration requirements? (5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(4) Have some or all of the schools who have applied for such registration completed all the registration requirements? (5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(3) Has an application been made by a number of schools to become Registered Training Organisations? (4) Have some or all of the schools who have applied for such registration completed all the registration requirements? (5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(4) Have some or all of the schools who have applied for such registration completed all the registration requirements? (5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(5) Has the Education Department supported such schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(6) Is there a barrier to schools becoming Registered Training Organisations? (7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(7) What is that barrier? (8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(8) Is the Government aware that a number of Year 12 students will be disadvantaged if schools do not obtain Registered Training Organisation status within the next six weeks? (9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(9) What steps has the Government/Minister/Department taken to resolve this matter? (10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
(10) What further steps does the Government/Minister/Department intend to take to resolve this matter? Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
Answered on 14 November 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes, the Education Department has encouraged a number of schools to obtain Registered Training Organisation status. (2) In 1999 eight schools qualified to become Registered Training Organisations. (3) Yes. In the second half of 1999 and early in 2000 a total of twenty nine schools applied to become Registered Training Organisations. There were another four schools that had commenced the Registered Training Organisation process but had not reached the stage of application to the Training Accreditation Council. (4) The twenty nine schools that applied completed all the organisation requirements. (5) Yes, the Education Department supported the schools. (6) The twenty nine schools have been notified of their registrations therefore there has not been a barrier. (7) Not applicable. (8) The schools that have applied have received their registrations so Year 12 students will not be disadvantaged. (9) Not applicable. (10) Although the process has reached a successful completion it is acknowledged that it has been a lengthy process. An interdepartmental committee is currently investigating ways to streamline the processes.
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