Editing Western Australia (section)

==Education==
[[File:UWAWinthropHallSunsetcurves gobeirne.jpg|thumb|[[University of Western Australia]]]]
Education in Western Australia consists of one year of pre-school at age 4 or 5, followed by six years of primary education for all students as of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://det.wa.edu.au/schoolsandyou/detcms/schoolsandyou/schools-and-you/pre-primary-and-year-7/year-7.en?cat-id=12742035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717005600/http://det.wa.edu.au/schoolsandyou/detcms/schoolsandyou/schools-and-you/pre-primary-and-year-7/year-7.en?cat-id=12742035|archive-date=17 July 2014 |title=Year 7 students move to secondary school – School education |website=The Department of Education|date=17 July 2014|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> At age 12 or 13, students begin six years of secondary education. Students are required to attend school up until they are 16 years old. Sixteen and 17 year olds are required to be enrolled in school or a training organisation, be employed or be in a combination of school/training/employment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.education.wa.edu.au/enrolling-in-school |title=Enrolling in school|website=The Department of Education |language=en-AU|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> Students have the option to study at a [[Technical and further education|TAFE]] college after Year 10,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/TAFE%20Admissions%20guide%20for%20entry%20to%20full-time%20courses%20FINAL.pdf|title=TAFE Admissions guide for entry to full time courses|website=Northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au|access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516224421/http://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/TAFE%20Admissions%20guide%20for%20entry%20to%20full-time%20courses%20FINAL.pdf}}</ref> or continue through to Year 12 with vocational courses or a university entrance courses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Australian Certificate of Education: WACE Manual: General information for senior secondary schooling 2018|date=31 May 2018 |url=https://scsa.wa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/438192/WACE-Manual-2018-January-2018.pdf|publisher=School Curriculum and Standards Authority|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032617/https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/438192/WACE-Manual-2018-January-2018.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>

There are five universities in Western Australia. They consist of four [[Perth]]-based [[public university|public universities]], being the [[University of Western Australia]], [[Curtin University]], [[Edith Cowan University]] and [[Murdoch University]]; and one [[Fremantle]]-based [[private university|private Roman Catholic university]], the [[University of Notre Dame Australia]]. The [[University of Notre Dame Australia|University of Notre Dame]] is also one of only two [[private university|private universities]] in Australia, along with [[Bond University]], a not-for-profit private education provider based in [[Gold Coast, Queensland]].