
Yassine Andrews
Yassine Andrews is a Year 11 public school student in Canberra, a Labor Party member, and co-host of the Australian policy podcast "Why Can't They Just..."
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Sep 2, 2026
What is like in public schools and what policies could make it better?
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5:31JanalineHOST
But I want to hear what Yasin has to say because she is actually in school right now.

Yassine AndrewsGUEST
Just to make it clear, the ACT system has primary school from kindergarten to year six, high school from year seven to 10 and college from 11 to 12.

Yassine AndrewsGUEST
But anyway, I think it works really well because especially the college system, it gives a lot more freedom from high school because in high school, it's kind of just like primary school with more assignments.

Yassine AndrewsGUEST
And in college you have like timetables where you can go home during the day if you have free periods and you're in charge of your own learning and you can take other career pathways that are not completely academic.

Yassine AndrewsGUEST
So you can take like a few classes and then also an apprenticeship part time if you want.

Yassine AndrewsGUEST
But you are in charge of your own learning, like it's very independent, but if needed, you can still get support if you ask for it from teachers or support staff and you're still required to have like a certain amount of attendance to graduate.
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31:52Luke RobertsonHOST
So you can speak digitally to every other teacher in the state and trade resources and exchange ideas and all that sort of thing.