Select Entry Accelerated Learning

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A Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) program is a form of streaming used in government secondary schools in Victoria, Australia to provide a focused educational environment for academically gifted children.{{cite web|url=http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/seal.htm |title=Select Entry Acceleration Learning (SEAL) Programs|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302100549/http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/seal.htm|archivedate=2007-03-02|publisher=State of Victoria (Department of Education) |date=4 October 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/options.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302100746/http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/acceleration/options.htm |title=Acceleration Options|archivedate=2007-03-02|publisher=State of Victoria (Department of Education) |date=4 October 2006}}

The program allows students to undertake Year 8 work in Year 7, and the option to complete their secondary education in five years instead of six, or students can choose to undertake a more comprehensive Victorian Certificate of Education that takes three years instead of two.{{cite news |title= It's just a swot hop to the top |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/its-just-a-swot-hop-to-the-top/story-e6frgcjx-1226566868295 |publisher= Newscorp |url-access=subscription |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130208135201/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/its-just-a-swot-hop-to-the-top/story-e6frgcjx-1226566868295 |archivedate= 2013-02-08 |first=Alice | last=Pung

|work= The Australian |date=2 February 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/Pages/giftedprogram.aspx|title=Select Entry Accelerated Learning Programs|publisher=Department of Education and Training|date=8 December 2014 }}

In 2016, the Department of Education stopped accrediting the SEAL program, with a spokesman saying that schools that offer the program should offer enrolment to local students before students outside the school's zoning region.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/department-walks-away-from-selectentry-programs-for-gifted-students-20160404-gnxzti.html|title=Department walks away from select-entry programs for gifted students|last=Cook|first=Henrietta|date=4 April 2016|work=The Age|access-date=13 May 2018}}