Enrolling

How do I enrol?

For information about enrolling at Distance Education Tasmania, contact your local school or the Principal at Distance Education Tasmania.

Students may be enrolled on the basis of any of the following criteria:

Isolation

(a) Students who do not have reasonable daily access to an appropriate government school owing to their geographical location are eligible for enrolment

[Note: These criteria are based on those used by the Commonwealth to determine eligibility for Assistance to Isolated Children. The distances used by the Commonwealth have been discounted by 20 per cent to allow for the longer travel times on Tasmanian roads.]

(b) A student isolated because the road is impassable.

(c) A very young student for whom a certain daily bus journey is too long.

Medical

(a) A student who has written medical advice that attendance at school is inadvisable due to physical or psychological illness.

(b) A student who has a disability or need for special support.

NB: Medical enrolments must be approved by the appropriate Branch Manager’s delegate.

Pregnancy

A student who is pregnant. Such enrolments may be extended into the post-natal period.

Travel

A student for whom constant travel away from home is necessary, making enrolment at a local school difficult, or where a local school is not accessible. This refers to the children of itinerant workers and the children of Tasmanian residents who are living in inaccessible areas outside the state for work reasons (eg Missionary workers). Students who are involved in travel for recreational purposes for a minimum of three months can also be enrolled.

Inability to work within a classroom

There may be special circumstances which, in the opinion of the Executive Director (Leadership and Learning), make the enrolment at Distance Education Tasmania necessary.