Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Wyndham Community and Education Centre

Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (13:30): It is well known that education changes lives. It provides choice and a pathway to freedom for many. I want to acknowledge the great work of the Wyndham Community and Education Centre – Wyndham CEC – and CEO Jennie Barrera for providing for this community in the west. As part of its service Wyndham CEC has delivered a year 11 and year 12 senior secondary program for students aged between 15 and 19 as a non-school senior secondary registered provider since 2005. The centre has catered for thousands of students over the years who have become disengaged due to mental issues and just need extra support or have just not experienced success in the mainstream.

Importantly, I want to inform the house and congratulate Wyndham CEC for officially being granted registration for Werribee Community College as a school for year 11 and year 12 by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. Now all young Victorians who could not obtain qualifications through the mainstream schooling system for various reasons can obtain a secondary VCE vocational major or Victorian pathways certificate through Werribee Community College. True to the CEO’s words, Werribee Community College recognises that all young people have the right to equal educational opportunity to improve their lives and strengthen their capacity for success in the future of their life and work. I congratulate and say well done to Wyndham CEC for the opportunity to give to and foster the west.