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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Minister for Health. Education and the Arts

Legislative Assembly Ouestion No 177

Education - Teacher/Student Ratios

Mr Wood - asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts on 31 May 1990:

What is the ratio of teachers to students in (a) the ACT?

(b), (c) Australian States and Australia generally?

Hr Humphries: the answer to Mr Woods question is as follows:

(a) For July 1989 the ACT Government school pupil teacher ratios

are:

- primary 18.8

- secondary 11.9

(b), (c) The Australian Bureau of Statistics LABS) has recently published State student and staff statistics in "1989 Schools Australia" LABS No. 4221.0).

These statistics can be used to derive pupil teacher ratios for States, Territories and Australia as follows:

STUDENT TES RATIOS, JULY 1989

AUSTRALIAN STATES, MISERIES

Primary Secondary

average students (ft) per teacher

New South Wales 20.1 13.3

Victoria 16.1 10.8

Queensland 18.7 13.5

South Australia 16.6 11.1

Western Australia 19.3 12.7

Tasmania 17.2 11.3

Northern Territory 14.9 10.3

Australian Capital Territory 18.8 11.9

Australia 18.2 12.2

Source: Derived from ADS Schools Australia by dividing full time students by the full time equivalent of "teaching staff" in schools. Teaching staff are staff who spend the majority of their time in contact with students. Teaching staff includes principals, deputies and senior teachers involved in administrative duties.

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