House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-11-15 Daily Xml

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Private Music Instructors

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:56): Supplementary, sir: how many schools have asked for assistance from the department to manage the minister's process and how many have been unable to complete the cascaded process required?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:57): We estimate that, of around the 520 schools in the government system, around 50 are currently in the category of using private music instructors, and so that is the number that we are working with. Most feel that they are going to be able to accommodate the changes, but we will make sure that each one of those are dealt with sensibly and worked through so that the students are not disadvantaged.