Hon Donna Faragher asks the Minister for Education and Training about student participation and outcomes in alternative learning centres. The Minister provides data on student numbers and destinations after completing the program.

AnsweredQoN 726Legislative Council
Asked
11 August 2020
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Education and Training

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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING
CENTRES
726. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the Department of
Education's alternative learning centres.
(1) For each site, will the minister
advise —
(a) how many students are currently
participating in the program;
(b) how many
students have participated in the program since the start of the 2020 school
year; and
(c) how many
students have completed the program since the start of the 2020 school year?
(2) Of those students referred to in
(1)(c), how many students have returned to —
(a) their original school;
(b) a new school; or
(c) another
educational setting, and could the minister please specify that setting?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) As of 11
August, that information is set out in tabular form by region and then by each
of the categories the member sought. I seek leave to have that part of the
answer incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material was
incorporated —
(a)
(b)
(c)
North
Metropolitan Education Region
7
20
13
South
Metropolitan Education Region
8
14
6
South
West Education Region
9
13
4
Total
24
47
23
(2) (a) Fourteen students.
(b) Two students.
(c) One student
to Curriculum and Reengagement in Education schools, three to TAFE, one to the
School of Special Educational Needs: Behaviour and Engagement, and two students
referred to the regional office.

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