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VICTORIA is set to get its first maths, science and technology school as part of the State Government's push for a more selective public education system.
The $20 million John Monash Science School — for up to 650 year 10 to 12 students — will open in 2010 and be built on Monash University's Clayton campus.
But the move has already proved contentious, with some teachers warning that neighbouring mainstream schools would lose their best and brightest students.
Education Department eastern region manager Jim Watterston said the John Monash Science School would favour students who showed an aptitude for maths and sciences.
Students would probably be selected from a combination of academic results, portfolio and interview, he said.
"We wouldn't want students who weren't capable of doing the work to be there, so there will be some academic focus in addition to interview and evidence of prior learning," Mr Watterston told The Age.
The school, to be built on the campus' south-western car park, will sit in a suburban science hub which includes the synchrotron, the CSIRO and the National Stem Cell Centre.
Students at the science school will have access to the university's lecture theatres, science laboratories, equipment and academic staff who could participate in some classes.
Mr Watterston said business and industry's contribution to equipment costs could "be quite significant", echoing federal Education Minister Julie Bishop's controversial push to get business more involved with schools.
By the time the science school opens in 2010, the number of select-entry state schools will have doubled to four after the arrival of two new academically selective schools in Melbourne's inner north and outer east. Maribyrnong College in Melbourne's west has also been developed into a specialist sports school.
But as the number of select-entry and specialist schools rise, the state's teacher union has warned neighbouring schools could suffer, as the elite schools attract better resources and more academically talented students.
Australian Education Union state secondary vice-president Meredith Peace said the union would seek assurances that state schools neighbouring specialist and select-entry schools would not be disadvantaged.
"We wouldn't want to see one school being resourced better than another," Ms Peace said. "All schools should be properly resourced, whether they are a specialist school or a standard secondary or primary school."
The union's concerns come as Monash University vice-chancellor Richard Larkins confirmed the university was also keen to have a secondary school at its Berwick campus.
Professor Larkins said the university had a 54-hectare site, the former Casey airfield, which it would consider selling or leasing to a state or private school.
"We like the idea as it helps transition to have secondary school students on the site of universities," Professor Larkins said. "Many of the students (around Berwick) come from families that wouldn't have gone to universities, so it wouldn't have entered their thinking (but) if they are on the same site they could recognise the possibilities."
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