Education
- (a) How many religion-based schools have been closed by her Department since 2014 and (b) what were the reasons for the closure of each school;
- whether her Department offers any management support with regard to the administrative challenges that these schools are facing, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether her Department offers any assistance to poor, private religion-based schools by for example supplying them with textbooks; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
(1) (a) An independent school will only be deregistered due to non-compliance with legislation / regulations / prescripts. The WCED does not deregister any school based on religious factors.
(b) Please find a list of independent schools that have been deregistered since 2014.
2014 | Simon Estes
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Willow Bridge College
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Central College • SACE - educators not registered/ qualified • Under perfomance (% pass rate) • School Building and Grounds was not conducive for educational activities | |
2015 | None |
2016 | Advance Learning
The Oak Curriculum Outcomes |
2017 | None |
2018 | Eagles Wings
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2019 | None |
- WCED provides support on management and curriculum delivery.
(3) WCED does not supply textbooks to independent (private) schools. WCED only provides a financial subsidy to an independent school that has applied for such, on condition that the school qualifies for the subsidy and that the school is in existence for more than a year.
