Question requests specific VET funding allocation data for South West government high schools in 2015-2016, focusing on staffing, partnerships, and teacher training. The answer refers to a tabled paper and explains the funding model based on NAPLAN results, school size, and remoteness.

AnsweredQoN 4009Legislative Council
Asked
5 April 2016
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In each of the years 2015 and 2016, for each government high school in the South West region, how much Vocational Education and Training (VET) targeted initiative funding was allocated in the Student Centred Funding Model for additional staffing costs associated with workplace and off-site programs, auspicing partnerships with registered training operators for the delivery of VET certificates to their students and the provision of teacher training?

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Answered
21 June 2016
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
77 days
See tabled paper no.
Under the student-centred funding model, schools receive an allocation to support delivery of Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs based on the proportion of students at or below the 70th percentile of NAPLAN results. This allocation is adjusted to account for school size, acknowledging economies This allocation is adjusted to account for school size, acknowledging economies of scale exist for VET delivery in large schools. There is also a weighting for remote areas that attract higher delivery costs from training providers.

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