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.