SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY —
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
794. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the review by the School
Curriculum and Standards Authority of two senior secondary courses relating to
agricultural education.
(1) When did the review commence?
(2) Will the minister list the
stakeholders who have already been consulted as part of the review?
(3) In addition to the stakeholders referred to in
(2), is it anticipated that further consultation will be undertaken;
and, if so, will the minister provide a list of the additional stakeholders who
will be consulted?
(4) When is the review expected to
be completed and will it be made public?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The School
Curriculum and Standards Authority commenced a review of the years 11 and 12
animal production systems ATAR and the years 11 and 12 plant production systems
ATAR at the beginning of 2019.
(2) As part of
its normal syllabus review process, the authority's board has sought
feedback from its animal and plant production curriculum advisory committee. On
1 August 2019, the authority published a general invitation for stakeholders to
provide feedback on the years 11 and 12 animal production systems ATAR and the
years 11 and 12 plant production systems ATAR syllabuses via a survey published
on its website. I think the word used should be ''syllabi''. I will
take that up with SCSA!
(3) The authority's
board will consider the feedback received through these consultation processes.
This feedback will inform the board whether any amendments to the current
syllabi will be required; and, if so, the board will determine what further
consultation will take place.
(4) The review is
expected to be completed by the end of 2019 and feedback from the consultation
process will be published.