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❓ A WA parliamentary question challenges the Minister for Education and Training's premature dismissal of potential negative findings from an inquiry into post-secondary curriculum changes, questioning the timing of the inquiry and the rationale for dismantling the existing TEE system.

AnsweredQoN 67Legislative Assembly

Asked

21 June 2005

Member

Dr J.M. Woollard

Portfolio

Education and Training

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(1) I refer to the comments attributed to the Minister for Education and Training recently in The West Australian newspaper, where the Minister was reported as stating that she had no intention of delaying the implementation of the post secondary changes, and that it was highly unlikely that the committee would find the new system to be in any way negative, and ask given the Legislative Assembly Education and Health Standing Committee's inquiry into the proposed changes to the post-compulsory curriculum in Western Australian schools is currently underway, how does the Minister know what information the committee is collecting and what the committee's recommendations will be at the conclusion of their inquiry?
(2) Why is the Parliamentary inquiry into the serious concerns about OBA changes being conducted at the same time that the proposed changes are being implemented?
(3) Why is the current TEE system being completely dismantled just so that a few extra courses in the subjects used to calculate a TER are included?