GIFTED AND TALENTED
SECONDARY SELECTIVE ENTRANCE PROGRAM
1302. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the gifted and talented
secondary selective entrance program.
(1) Will the
minister provide a breakdown of the number of students in years 6, 8, 9 and 10
who applied in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for entry into —
(a) academic
(b) arts; and
(c) languages
programs?
(2) For each of
the year groups listed in (1), how many students were eligible for
consideration for placement after meeting
the minimum academic selective entrance test score and other relevant selection
requirements?
(3) Of the students referred to in (2), how many were
offered and accepted a place for the following school year?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I am unable to provide an answer today as the
information could not be collated within the time frame available. However, I undertake
to provide an answer to this question on 19 November. I would normally have
told the member that before question time. I was slightly preoccupied by other
matters.