❓ Hon Barbara Scott asks the Minister for Education and Training about kindergarten class sizes exceeding 20 students, staffing levels (early childhood teachers and assistants), and their qualifications. The Minister, via a parliamentary secretary, states that providing the information within the given timeframe is not possible and requests the question be placed on notice.
AnsweredQoN 1471Legislative Council
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I refer to an answer given to me by the minister on 24 October. (1) Will the minister provide the names of the schools in which kindergarten classes exceed 20 children - that is, the 63 classes specified - and the number of children in each of these classes? (2) Can the minister inform the Parliament which of these 63 classes have an early childhood teacher in charge and the number of classes that have additional teacher time allocated? (3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(1) Will the minister provide the names of the schools in which kindergarten classes exceed 20 children - that is, the 63 classes specified - and the number of children in each of these classes? (2) Can the minister inform the Parliament which of these 63 classes have an early childhood teacher in charge and the number of classes that have additional teacher time allocated? (3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(2) Can the minister inform the Parliament which of these 63 classes have an early childhood teacher in charge and the number of classes that have additional teacher time allocated? (3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(1) Will the minister provide the names of the schools in which kindergarten classes exceed 20 children - that is, the 63 classes specified - and the number of children in each of these classes? (2) Can the minister inform the Parliament which of these 63 classes have an early childhood teacher in charge and the number of classes that have additional teacher time allocated? (3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(2) Can the minister inform the Parliament which of these 63 classes have an early childhood teacher in charge and the number of classes that have additional teacher time allocated? (3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(3) How many of the 63 classes have a trained early childhood assistant? What is the qualification of each of those trained assistants? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question, and provide this response on behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training - Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I request that the member place the question on notice.
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