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.
[1][2] 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.
[3][4] 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.
[5] As a form of streaming, SEAL programs by their very nature attract criticism from those committed to the principles of comprehensive education.
[6][7][8][9] Secondary schools in Victoria offering SEAL programs:[10][11]