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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 3

Primary Schools - Statistics

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 7 April 1992:

(1) What were the individual names of ACT Government Primary Schools and what were their individual student numbers:

(a)below 150 students;

(b)below 200 students.

(2) What was the teacher/pupil ratio at each of the schools by name, at (a) and (b) above?

(3) What was the per capita funding for students at each of these schools, by name, at (a) and (b) above?

WOOD: - The answer to Mr Cornwells questions are:

Questions (1) & (3)

The names and enrolments of government schools in categories (a) and (b) are outlined in the table below. The Government does not allocate funds to schools on a per capita basis, apart from a small amount of discretionary funds for nonsalary costs which are indicated in the table.

SCHOOL ENROLMENT PER CAPITA FUNDING

Uriarra 18 29

Tharwa 32 29

Co-Operative (a)(b) 57 29

Lyons 111 74

Cook 112 74

Hall 148 74

Yarralumla 198 74

(a) Includes 25 preschool level enrolments (b) No per capita funding is provided for Co-Operative preschool students

Question (2)

The Department does not calculate Pupil Teacher Ratios for individual schools. Staffing is generated by a formula in which the site and enrolment components are used for both generation and deployment of staffing points.

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