QLD: Prep year 'pays dividends'

By EducationHQ News Team
Published September 9, 2011

Dick_Cameron BRISBANE - The decision to introduce a prep year in Queensland has paid off with better test results, the state government ...

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QLD: Prep year 'pays dividends'

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