A Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) program is a form of streaming used in government secondary schools in

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to provide a focused educational environment for academically gifted children. The program allows students to undertake Year 8 work in Year 7, and the option to complete their secondary education in five years instead of six, or students can choose to undertake a more comprehensive Victorian Certificate of Education that takes three years instead of two. Victoria currently has four government secondary schools which are entirely selective entry:

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and

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, plus a few specialist selective schools:

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(which has a science focus), Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (which specialises in dance, music and visual arts) and Maribyrnong Secondary College (with specialist sport programs). The University High School also operates a selective science specialist subschool called Elizabeth Blackburn Sciences. In 2016, the

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stopped accrediting the SEAL program, with a spokesman saying that schools that offer the program should offer enrolment to local students before students outside the school's zoning region.

Controversies

As a form of streaming, SEAL programs by their very nature attract criticism from those committed to the principles of

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. Additionally, because they are not offered by every school, the schools that run them are argued to take away the top students from schools that don't, thus leading to a pool of less diverse schools and a concentration of bright students in a small number of schools.

Schools with SEAL programs

Secondary schools in Victoria offering SEAL programs:{{Cite web , title=SEAL Academy - Regional schools , url=https://sealacademy.org.au/index.php/list-of-academy-seal-schools/school-list-2 , access-date=2023-01-09 , website=sealacademy.org.au * Albert Park College * Auburn High School *

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* Bayswater Secondary College *

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* Belmont High School *

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* Doncaster Secondary College * Emerald Secondary College *

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* Footscray High School * Gladstone Park Secondary College * Glen Eira College * Gleneagles Secondary College * Horsham College *

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* Keilor Downs College *

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* Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College * Mill Park Secondary College *

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* Mount Erin Secondary College *

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* Rosebud Secondary College *

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* Sandringham College * St Albans Secondary College * Springside West Secondary College * Staughton College * Trafalgar High School * University High School *

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* Wangaratta High School * Warrnambool College * Werribee Secondary College * Williamstown High School *

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* Wonthaggi Secondary College

References

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