School wins legal right for 'girl quota'

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published October 8, 2018

Wesley College has been granted the right to choose girl students over boys in order to keep the prestigious school's coeducational balance alive.

The decision handed down by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Thursday gives the school an exemption from sections ...

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