Education
Education in Western Australia consists of one year of pre-school at age 5, followed by six or seven years of primary school education (some primary schools only go to year 6, with year 7 beginning in high school). At age 13, students begin five years of secondary education. The final two years of secondary education are now compulsory. From 2005, all students who completed Year 10 were required to undertake further studies in Year 11, and to complete the year in which they turned 16 (usually Year 11). Since 2008, all students are required to complete 12 years of study before leaving school. Students have the option to study at a TAFE college in their eleventh year or continue through high school with a vocational course or a specific university entrance course.
The universities in Western Australia are the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University, and University of Notre Dame.
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