Page 3232 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 23 August 2017
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The connect 10 program has been operating out of a couple of schools in the ACT for a little while now. There are about 30 students in attendance in that program. I will be making sure that the directorate speaks with the school communities and with those parents to ensure that school communities, parents and children are supported in the best way possible. This, of course, goes to the conversation that the ACT community is now having via the future of education conversation, with a very clear focus on equity and how we can ensure that we get the best outcomes for our children, no matter what their backgrounds are.
Mrs Kikkert: A point of order.
MADAM SPEAKER: A point of order, Mrs Kikkert.
Mrs Kikkert: On relevance. The question is: will the connect 10 program continue beyond 2017 in a college in each school district in the ACT? It is not about what connect 10 is.
MADAM SPEAKER: Did you have anything further to add, minister?
Ms Berry: No.
MR WALL: Minister, what explanation has been provided to parents and students currently accessing connect 10, particularly students at the UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, as to the continuation of that program beyond the end of this year?
MS BERRY: The directorate will be having conversations with the school community, including the school principals, teachers, parents and children, to ensure that they get the best outcomes for their learning in our schools, whether that be through a connect 10 program or another different type of program that will best suit their needs, taking into account that these are children who do not generally—
Mr Wall: Point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Point of order, but I remind you again that the minister is 20 seconds into her answer.
Mr Wall: I take that observation, Madam Speaker, but also just ask that you ask the minister please to be directly relevant as to whether the program is continuing or not. She has managed so far to obfuscate in answering on the simple crux of both the primary question and also the supplementary.
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, you have over a minute left in your answer.
MS BERRY: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to make sure that we engage the students who have been participating in that program and the parents who have been involved in that program as well as the school to make sure that we get the best
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