❓ The Minister for Education and Training was asked about self-defence training for teachers in WA schools. The Department of Education does not centrally record this information and would need to survey all schools to answer the question.
AnsweredQoN 3446Legislative Assembly
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(1) Will the Minister please advise which schools have provided self defence training for teachers? (2) Will the Minister please advise which schools are considering providing self defence training for teachers?
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Answered
14 August 2018
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
1 days
(1)-(2)
There are no centrally stored records held by the Department of Education that can provide this information. To answer this question for schools it would require a survey to be completed by all schools. This has not been undertaken. In addition there is no mechanism to obtain this information from non-government schools.
The Department has a contract with Team-Teach Asia-Pacific for the provision of de-escalation and positive handling training courses. Under this contract, public school staff are trained how to defuse a situation and apply appropriate interventions to protect students, staff or others from harm, which in some circumstances may involve physical contact with a student; however, this is not in any way characterised as ‘self-defence’.
There are no centrally stored records held by the Department of Education that can provide this information. To answer this question for schools it would require a survey to be completed by all schools. This has not been undertaken. In addition there is no mechanism to obtain this information from non-government schools.
The Department has a contract with Team-Teach Asia-Pacific for the provision of de-escalation and positive handling training courses. Under this contract, public school staff are trained how to defuse a situation and apply appropriate interventions to protect students, staff or others from harm, which in some circumstances may involve physical contact with a student; however, this is not in any way characterised as ‘self-defence’.
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