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Dependents of Full Fee Paying Postgraduate Students Dependant Children of Postgraduate Students The dependant children of a postgraduate student attending one of the five universities in Western Australia - Curtin Universtity of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, University of Notre Dame or the University of Western Australia - can be admitted into government schools that have spare capacity, free of charge, on the following basis:
Conditions of Enrolment - The postgraduate student must be undertaking a Masters or PhD course.
- The dependant children must be physically in the country at the time of enrolment. Enrolment cannot take place whilst the dependant(s) is offshore.
- The postgraduate student must not approach government schools directly regarding enrolment of their dependant children.
- The postgraduate student is responsible for meeting the full tuition costs of providing dependant children with English as a Second Language program.
- The postgraduate student is responsible for meeting the full costs of providing education support to dependant children with disabilities or learning difficulties.
Process for Enrolment - Once the dependant children are in Western Australia, the postgraduate student must contact the International Education Office of their respective university regarding the enrolment of their children.
- The university will complete the necessary documentation outlining the number of dependant children to be placed in a school.
- The Department of Education and Training will, following this advice, place the dependant children in a school that has spare capacity, as close as possible to the student's place of residence.
- The dependant children can then be enrolled in the identified school.
- A change of school will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Should the need arise the process, as outlined above, must again be followed.
Eligibility of Overseas Students to Enrol Information on the eligibility of overseas students to enrol in a Western Australian government school can be found on the Our Policies website. The key policy of interest regarding overseas enrolments is the: Schools Enrolment Policy Section 4.6.5 contains specific information on postgraduate dependants.
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