Kto10 Circulars – Edition 6, July 2022

General information, SIRS and enrolments

WACE Language course applications – Year 11 or 12 2023

Contact
Adriana Douglas
(08) 9273 6784
Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au

Nadia Civa (08) 9273 6355
Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are advised that the School Curriculum and Standards Authority’s (the Authority) online Application for permission to enrol in a WACE language course in 2023 was available from Monday, 13 June 2022 via the Student Records Management System (SRMS) student portal (https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au/).

The purpose of the languages enrolment process is to ensure that students with a linguistic advantage in a language are not assessed against students who do not have the same advantage.

When the online applications have been submitted in the student portal, schools complete the three school stages in the SRMS portal (https://srms.scsa.wa.edu.au/). When the three school stages have been completed, the Authority reviews the applications and determines students’ WACE language course enrolment status in the SRMS portal. Students can see their WACE language course enrolment status in the student portal and schools can monitor the progress of applications in the SRMS portal.

It is recommended that all Year 10 students, and Year 9 accelerated students currently studying a language, complete a language application for study in one or more of the following Languages courses:

Chinese

Hindi*

Japanese

French

Indonesian

Korean*

German

Italian

Tamil*

*new WACE language course available to schools from 2023

Schools are advised that the 2022 dates for submission of an Application for permission to enrol in a WACE language course in 2023 are:

  • 27 July 2022 or earlier if students start the 2023 school year in Term 4, 2022
  • 26 August 2022 or earlier if students start the 2023 school year in Term 1, 2023.

It is advised that schools use the School guide for online applications for WACE language courses or inform students to access the Student guide for online applications for WACE language courses to assist when completing the applications, or email languagesenrolment@scsa.wa.edu.au.