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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1561 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 December 2019 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY — KOREAN LANGUAGE COURSES

1561. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and Training:

I refer to the language courses accredited by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority.

(1) Is the authority considering the inclusion of Korean language courses in the approved list of senior secondary Australian tertiary admission rank language courses offered to Western Australian school students; and if not, why not?

(2) If yes, what is the status of the authority's consideration of the inclusion of the language, and when does the authority expect to make a decision about its accreditation?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The School Curriculum and Standards Authority already makes available to schools the years 11 and 12 Korean background language course as part of the national collaborative curriculum and assessment framework for languages. Students also have the option to study Korean through certificate II or III in applied languages. These courses are used by students to attain the Western Australian Certificate of Education, and the Korean background language course can count towards students' ATAR scores.

(2) Not applicable.