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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-09-21" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Flexible Industry Pathways</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Flexible Industry Pathways</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5389" kind="question">
        <name>Mr BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-08-27" qonNum="773">
            <name>Flexible Industry Pathways</name>
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        <text id="20210921b1ea07654b2e424eb0001287">
          <inserted>773 <by role="member" id="5389">Mr BOYER (Wright)</by> (27 August 2021).  Are there any VET facilities in schools that will no longer be used from next year with the changes to the Flexible Industry Pathways?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education</name>
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          <question date="2021-08-27" qonNum="773">
            <name>Flexible Industry Pathways</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The Department for Education is not aware of any VET facilities that will not be used as a result of changes relating to the state government's VET for school students policy and Flexible Industry Pathways. </inserted>
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          <inserted>South Australian government schools are making good use of their facilities to support student learning across the range of programs they offer. </inserted>
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        <text id="20210921b1ea07654b2e424eb0001291">
          <inserted>Decisions about use of specific facilities are made by individual schools in response to their students' needs and demand. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Facilities are used in the delivery of a range of learning programs and activities including Australian Curriculum subjects, South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) subjects, VET programs and extra-curricular activities. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Areas of some schools are being upgraded as part of the Marshall Liberal government's $1.4 billion education capital works build. This may result in re-purposing buildings and facilities. These are decisions for individual schools and their leadership.</inserted>
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