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Education by Kylie Lang
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Subscriber only School leavers who failed Year 12 English and maths will be fast-tracked into a teaching degree under a controversial new Queensland course. The diploma of educational studies at Griffith College, in partnership with Griffith University, ignores ATAR results and applicants only need a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or to have passed three of any six subjects, which may or may not include English and maths but can include applied subjects such as fashion and furniture skills. School leavers who flunked English, maths and science in Year 12 could soon be fronting classrooms as primary teachers.