By Susan Wight
During the holidays Marie Bentham cried as she told her family of the relentless bullying she had endured at school. It was not the first time Marie had suffered in this way and her concerned mother had already contacted the school which had followed its bullying policy and fully investigated the incidents. The [...]
Archive for October, 2004
AYCE – Alternative Secondary Education For Young People
The AYCE (Access Yea Community Education) is a program of the future operating today, run by Yea High School. It is a program that enables teenagers to complete their entire secondary curriculum (Yrs 6 – 12) outside of mainstream schools. We, as adults, are able to access VCE subjects through day and evening classes and [...]
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There are a number of schools supporting homeschoolers with flexible and sympathetic education programs:FAST (Foundation Access Studies) Programme at Ballarat University is an alternate pathway to tertiary study. It is a 13 week fulltime course designed to prepare adults for university courses. However the co-ordinator is very keen to encourage homeschoolers to also apply. Her [...]
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