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MINISTER FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Business Colleges - Overseas Students

QUESTION NO 265

Enrollment of Overseas Students in Business Colleges

MR WOOD - asked the Minister for Health, Education and

the Arts on 12 September 1990: In respect of business

colleges in the ACT which offer courses to overseas

students -

(a) how many such colleges operate;

(b) how many students are enrolled;

(d) in what manner does the ACT Government or its agencies express a concern for the welfare of students, both local and overseas.

MR HUMPHRIES - the answer to Mr Woods question is:

Two

(b) 220

(c) Any business college wishing to offer courses to overseas students must first make application for registration to the ACT Ministry for Health, Education and the Arts, which has recently taken over responsibility for registering all institutions wishing to offer education and training to overseas fee paying students. The Chief Ministers Department is responsible for the accreditation of courses through the ACT Accreditation Agency. The Ministry takes into account the advice of the Agency in the process of registering institutions

(d) The existing Guidelines for Registration of ACT Institutions Providing Education and Training to Overseas Students are under review. They require that institutions provide student welfare and counselling services, or advise students of the appropriate agency through which they can obtain such services. Availability of these services is taken into account by the Ministry in assessing all applications for registration.

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