SACE Worldwide is a globally recognised pre-university program that delivers the South Australian Certificates of Training (SACE) to college students throughout an increasing community of accredited worldwide faculties, being lauded for its vital progress and international attain.
Between 2017 and 2025, SACE Worldwide’s international attain has expanded from Malaysia, China and Vietnam to varsities in Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. At present, the SACE is obtainable at 27 accredited worldwide faculties with over 1,200 college students.
College students at SACE Worldwide faculties research the identical curriculum as their South Australian friends, and profit from the flexibleness supplied by the supply of each northern and southern hemisphere consumption and evaluation cycles.
In a press release, the federal government of South Australia counseled the expansion of this system – an 84% improve in college students since 2016, together with an 18% progress in enrolments in 2024, and stated the quantity is forecast to develop additional over the following 5 years.
SACE board chief govt, Michaela Bensley, stated the regular progress of SACE Worldwide is a “testomony to its robust worth proposition characterised by versatile pathways, a holistic evaluation mannequin, and deal with creating the abilities and capabilities which is able to empower college students to thrive of their post-school journeys”.
SACE Worldwide has not too long ago seen elevated demand from faculties searching for to supply the SACE on a northern hemisphere instructing calendar and due to this fact having the ability to adapt the timetable to a neighborhood context. This contains the current accreditation of Haileybury Senior College Tianjin in China, a global faculty operated by Victoria-based Haileybury Worldwide.
Joe Szakacs, South Australia’s minister for native authorities and minister for commerce and funding, described schooling as a “key export” for South Australia.
“Past that, SACE Worldwide permits our model and tradition to change into extra recognised and trusted in abroad markets,” he continued.
“The expansion that we’ve seen in SACE Worldwide is proof of the coordinated efforts throughout authorities to ship enhancements to the state’s profile and prosperity by means of schooling.”
The expansion that we’ve seen in SACE Worldwide is proof of the coordinated efforts throughout authorities to ship enhancements to the state’s profile and prosperity by means of schooling.
Joe Szakacs, authorities of South Australia
In keeping with Blair Boyer, minister for schooling, coaching and abilities of South Australia, schooling is one thing the state does “extraordinarily effectively” and described South Australia as a “chief on this house”.
“This contains our deal with vocational pathways, our STEM alternatives and robust foundations in literacy and numeracy,” he stated.
Many graduates of this system then select to check at South Australian universities, with knowledge from the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) exhibiting that between 2018 and 2025, 1,120 SACE Worldwide graduates acquired gives to undergraduate programs at Flinders College, the College of Adelaide, and College of South Australia.
Matt Taverner, director of SACE Worldwide, will probably be talking at The PIE Excessive – a free, one-day occasion devoted to the secondary faculties sector. He’ll be a part of a panel dialogue exploring the rising international footprint of Australian {qualifications} and curricula. Don’t miss it – register your curiosity right here.
