AGRICULTURE COLLEGES
770. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to agricultural college
student applications.
(1) Please
provide the following data for each individual agricultural college for the
years 2019 and 2020.
(a) How many
applications were received?
(b) How many
prospective students made it to interview?
(c) How many
applicants were declined enrolment?
(2) Are student
numbers capped at each college; and, if yes, what is the cap for the years 2020
and 2021 at each college?
(3) What were the reasons
prospective students are declined entry to agricultural colleges?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The answer is
set out in tabular form by each college and for the two years requested. I seek
leave to have that table incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated
—
|
WA
College of Agriculture – Cunderdin
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
(a)
Applications received
|
128
|
119
|
|
(b)
Prospective students interviewed
|
102
|
89
|
|
(c)
Applicants declined
|
8
|
2
|
|
WA
College of Agriculture – Denmark
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
(a)
Applications received
|
84
|
67
|
|
(c)
Prospective students interviewed
|
74
|
67
|
|
(c)
Applicants declined
|
9
|
0
|
|
WA
College of Agriculture – Harvey
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
(a)
Applications received
|
122
|
135
|
|
(b)
Prospective students interviewed
|
109
|
116
|
|
(c) Applicants
declined
|
23
|
29
|
|
WA
College of Agriculture – Morawa
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
(a)
Applications received
|
48
|
42
|
|
(b)
Prospective students interviewed
|
19
|
31
|
|
(c)
Applicants declined
|
0
|
0
|
|
WA
College of Agriculture – Narrogin
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
(a)
Applications received
|
66
|
94
|
|
(b)
Prospective students interviewed
|
66
|
94
|
|
(c)
Applicants declined
|
13
|
17
|
(2) Each
college has an overall cap on student numbers determined by the capacity of the
farm enterprises to deliver appropriate educational experience for students.
There is also a cap on the number of boarders determined by the number of available
beds. The number of day students will vary depending on the number of boarders
enrolled. The answer contains another table. I seek leave to have that
incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was
incorporated —
|
|
Overall cap
|
Boarding cap
|
|
WACOA – Cunderdin
|
142
|
142
|
|
WACOA – Denmark
|
140
|
96
|
|
WACOA – Harvey
|
178
|
128
|
|
WACOA – Morawa
|
100
|
72
|
|
WACOA – Narrogin
|
172
|
128
|
(3) The first
criterion is availability of places. Subsequently, students are selected on the
basis of their interest in agricultural education and their past behavioural
record and, if boarding, their suitability for living in a residential
environment.