Principal's Report
Doncaster Secondary College Students to live and learn in India
Doncaster Secondary College is one of seven schools across Victoria selected to travel to India for an immersion experience that will prepare its students to live and work as future leaders on a global scale, thanks to the Victorian Government.
Minister for Education James Merlino said the inaugural Victorian Young Leaders to India Program was an expansion of the award-winning Victorian Young Leaders to China Program and would give students and teachers the opportunity to travel to India for three weeks in 2019.
The pilot program will run for two years (2019-20), and provides a unique opportunity for 40 Year 9 students and their teachers from the selected seven schools to explore different aspects of India's diversity.
The students will experience daily life in an Indian school, explore India's cutting-edge STEM industries, visit historically significant sites and discover the nation's thriving culture, from the traditional to the modern.
The program will also develop students’ intercultural understanding and leadership skills and provide opportunities to strengthen economic and cultural ties between Victoria and India as part of Victoria’s India Strategy: Our Shared Future, launched last year.
Other schools chosen to take part in the pilot program are Alkira Secondary College, Doncaster Secondary College, Kurnai College, Lyndhurst Secondary College, Mount Clear College, Mount Waverley Secondary College and St Joseph’s College (Geelong).
The Victorian Young Leaders Programs support the Education State targets of critical and creative thinking, resilience and pride and confidence in our schools. They will also help strengthen students’ engagement in their education and equip them with the skills they need to be active, globally-engaged citizens.
Victorian Young Leaders to China 2019
Doncaster Secondary College has once again been selected to travel to China for an immersion experience for our students.
The Victorian Young Leaders to China (VYLC) Program is an award-winning, six-week in-country immersion program for Year 9 students. The program combines language and cultural learning with personal development and leadership skills.
The program is a life-changing opportunity for students and teachers to live and attend school in China. Combining language and cultural learning with personal development and leadership skills, the program focuses on one of Australia's main regional and global partners, China.
There are two intakes of VYLC Statewide Program annually, with Doncaster Secondary College’s in-country immersion scheduled to occur in October/November.
How to Apply
The full details of these two amazing opportunities for Year 9 students will be released by the International Division in the coming week. It is anticipated that there will be a call for student applications in the week beginning 18 March once full details of the programs on offer are confirmed.
Both VYL to India and VYL to China program costs are funded through a co-contribution model, with the Department contributing $3,000, and parents contributing the remaining $3,000 per student. For students whose parent/guardian holds a current healthcare or pensioner concession card that lists the student by name the entire $6,000 is funded by the Department.
Éva McMaster
Principal