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‘No need to add more pressure’: Selective school offers out as gender quotas take effect

WAtoday · 19 August 2026 at 7:30 pm

‘No need to add more pressure’: Selective school offers out as gender quotas take effect

For 11-year-olds Akshaya and Pratyush, months of intense pressure all came to a head on Wednesday.

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