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A '''Select Entry Accelerated Learning''' (SEAL) program is a form of streaming used in government [[secondary school]]s in [[Victoria, Australia]] to provide a focused educational environment for [[academic giftedness|academically gifted]] children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/seal.htm |title=Select Entry Acceleration Learning (SEAL) Programs|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302100549/http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/seal.htm|archivedate=2007-03-02|publisher=State of Victoria (Department of Education) |date=4 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/options.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302100746/http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/options.htm |title=Acceleration Options|archivedate=2007-03-02|publisher=State of Victoria (Department of Education) |date=4 October 2006}}</ref>

The program allows students to undertake Year 8 work in Year 7, and the option to complete their secondary education in five years instead of six, or students can choose to undertake a more comprehensive Victorian Certificate of Education that takes three years instead of two.<ref>{{cite news |title= It's just a swot hop to the top |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/its-just-a-swot-hop-to-the-top/story-e6frgcjx-1226566868295 |publisher= Newscorp |url-access=subscription |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130208135201/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/its-just-a-swot-hop-to-the-top/story-e6frgcjx-1226566868295 |archivedate= 2013-02-08 |first=Alice | last=Pung
|work= The Australian |date=2 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/Pages/giftedprogram.aspx|title=Select Entry Accelerated Learning Programs|publisher=Department of Education and Training|date=8 December 2014 }}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Department of Education (Victoria)|Department of Education]] stopped accrediting the SEAL program, with a spokesman saying that schools that offer the program should offer enrolment to local students before students outside the school's zoning region.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/department-walks-away-from-selectentry-programs-for-gifted-students-20160404-gnxzti.html|title=Department walks away from select-entry programs for gifted students|last=Cook|first=Henrietta|date=4 April 2016|work=The Age|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
As a form of [[streaming (education)|streaming]], SEAL programs by their very nature attract criticism from those committed to the principles of [[comprehensive education]]. Additionally, because they are not offered by every school, the schools that run them are argued to take away the top students from schools that don't, thus leading to a pool of less diverse schools and a concentration of bright students in a small number of schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Gifted-pupils-drift-from-state-schools/2005/02/25/1109180110509.html |title=Gifted pupils drift from state schools|first= Roslyn|last= Guy|work= The Age|date=26 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/SEAL-performs-but-not-all-applaud/2005/03/04/1109700674071.html?from=moreStories |title=SEAL performs but not all applaud|first= Roslyn|last= Guy|work= The Age|date=5 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/04/1096871811720.html?from=storylhs |title=Selective entry: the state school dilemma |work=The Age |date=5 October 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21645700-5011683,00.html |title=Test Case|work=The Herald Sun|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615093716/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/learn/test-case/story-e6frf7ox-1111113440607 |archivedate=2011-06-15| last=Siobhan | first=Duck | date=1 May 2007}}</ref>

== Schools with SEAL programs ==
Secondary schools in Victoria offering SEAL programs:<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEAL Academy - Metropolitan schools |url=https://sealacademy.org.au/index.php/list-of-academy-seal-schools/school-list |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=sealacademy.org.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SEAL Academy - Regional schools |url=https://sealacademy.org.au/index.php/list-of-academy-seal-schools/school-list-2 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=sealacademy.org.au}}</ref>
*[[Albert Park College]]
*[[Auburn High School (Victoria)|Auburn High School]]
*[[Balwyn High School]]
*[[Bayswater Secondary College]]
*[[Bellarine Secondary College]]
*[[Belmont High School (Victoria)|Belmont High School]]
*[[Blackburn High School]]
*[[Box Hill High School]]
*[[Brighton Secondary College]]
*[[Brunswick Secondary College]]
*[[Canterbury Girls' Secondary College]]
*[[Chaffey Secondary College]]
*[[Dandenong High School]]
*[[Doncaster Secondary College]]
*[[Emerald Secondary College]]
*[[Fairhills High School]]
*[[Footscray High School]]
*[[Gladstone Park Secondary College]]
*[[Glen Eira College]]
*[[Gleneagles Secondary College]]
*[[Horsham College]]
*[[Kambrya College]]
*[[Keilor Downs College]]
*[[Lilydale High School]]
*[[Lyndale Secondary College]]
*[[Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College]]
*[[Mill Park Secondary College]]
*[[Mordialloc Secondary College]]
*[[Mount Clear College]]
*[[Mount Erin College|Mount Erin Secondary College]]
*[[North Geelong Secondary College]]
*[[Reservoir High School (Victoria)|Reservoir High School]]
*[[Rosebud Secondary College]]
*[[Sale College]]
*[[Sandringham College]]
*[[St Albans Secondary College]]
*[[Springside West Secondary College]]
*[[Staughton College]]
*[[Trafalgar High School]]
*[[University High School, Melbourne|University High School]]
*[[Victoria University Secondary College]]
*[[Wangaratta High School]]
*[[Warrnambool College]]
*[[Werribee Secondary College]]
*[[Williamstown High School (Victoria)|Williamstown High School]]
*[[Wodonga Middle Years College]]
*[[Wonthaggi Secondary College]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Australian educational programs]]
[[Category:Education policy in Australia]]
[[Category:Education in Victoria (state)]]

Select Entry Accelerated Learning - Revision history

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