SCHOOLS —
PRINCIPALS — CHINA VISIT
1375. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the answer given to
question without notice 1321 asked on 19 November 2019 about a marketing trip
to China by the Department of Education and the Department of Training and
Workforce Development and the statement that ''this is the first time
that WA has had a plan to actively market and promote WA schools with a range
of different programs''.
(1) Are other
schools outside those already identified as part of the selective entry
secondary schools international student
program for gifted Chinese students being marketed and promoted to education
agents?
(2) If yes, will the minister list
the schools and the specific programs being marketed?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) On 9 August
2019, I announced as part of the second international education consortium that
the Department of Education had developed an international education action
plan to support schools to grow their international education enrolments and to
support the McGowan government's ''Where Bright Futures Begin:
International Education in Perth, Western Australia 2018–2025''
strategy. I table a copy of the media release.
[See paper 3419.]
International students have been
accepted into public schools in Western Australia since 1984. In 2019, a total
of 387 schools—278 primary schools and 109 secondary schools—have
approval to enrol overseas fee-paying students. Currently, 145 schools—45
secondary and 100 primary—have overseas fee-paying students enrolled.
The schools make the decision to enrol an international student on a case-by-case
basis according to whether the school has an appropriate program for the
student and whether there is an available place.
(2) The plan,
including the list of schools and the specific programs, is available on the
Department of Education's website. I do not have a hard copy available
today. However, I undertake to table a hard copy on 26 November 2019.
Currently, 13 other secondary schools
are being marketed internationally. They are in the general entry secondary schools program, which accepts students
into the programs offered by a school only after the enrolment
applications of local students have been considered and there are available
places. The schools are: Balcatta Senior High School, Como Secondary College,
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus, Greenwood
College, Kent Street Senior High School, Lynwood Senior High School, Melville
Senior High School, Morley Senior High School, Mount Lawley Senior High
School, North Lake Senior Campus, Ocean Reef Senior High School, Thornlie
Senior High School and Wanneroo Secondary College.