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    Victoria’s select-entry schools are in demand, but experts warn against their expansion

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    Victoria’s select-entry schools are in demand, but experts warn against their expansion

    Victoria should avoid a push to radically expand the number of select-entry schools across the state because it would worsen social divisions in public schools, experts have warned.

    A report into the education “catastrophe” facing boys suggested emulating NSW’s large network of select-entry high schools in a bid to get better outcomes for public school students.

    But a persistent criticism of select-entry education has been that enrolments are dominated by students from wealthy families, who could afford private schooling, rather than giving students from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds an education leg-up.

    Victoria has four select-entry schools, with about 5700 youngsters sitting the entrance exam in June vying for just 1000 places across Melbourne High, Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School, Nossal High School, and Suzanne Cory High School.

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