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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 2 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 811 ..

3) What is the number of teachers and principals lost to government schools in (a) 2002, (b) 2001, (c) 2000 (d) 1999 and (e) 1998, in total, besides retirement what are the other reasons for staff leaving the system;

4) What is the number of teachers and principals lost to non-government schools in (a) 2002, (b) 2001, (c) 2000 (d) 1999 and (e) 1998, in total, besides retirement what are the other reasons for staff leaving the system;

5) Will any government schools lose teachers or principals during this calendar year or at the end of this calendar year due to retirement, if yes, how many at this stage have you received notification for;

6) Will any non-government schools lose teachers or principals during this calendar year or at the end of this calendar year due to retirement, if yes, how many at this stage have you received notification for;

7) What is the government doing to recruit new teachers and principals to cover numbers lost to retirement;

8) How is the government monitoring the number of teachers and principals approaching retirement.

Ms Gallagher: The answers to Mr Pratt's questions are:

1) The reason for separating from the ACT'S is recorded within broad categories. If a reason for separating is not provided, the separation is recorded as a resignation. Also for some ACT government employees, as with Commonwealth employees, there is a financial incentive for members of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CBS) to retire immediately prior to their 55th birthday. Separations for this reason are recorded as a resignation rather than as a retirement. Only separations over age 55 years where the reason is stated as retirement are recorded as retirements. Consequently it is not possible to provide data to the level of accuracy requested.


This table shows the separations from all teaching classifications of permanent teachers and principals for the period 1998 to 2003 (1 March):

Retirements

Resignation

Other Reason

1998

Principal

4

4

2

Teachers

53

94

26

1999

Principal

6

2

2

Teachers

89

99

25

2000

Principal

6

5

0

Teachers

75

95

23

2001

Principal

5

7

2

Teachers

75

153

10

2002

Principal

3

5

0

Teachers

57

160

5

Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003

(to 1 March)

Principal

4

1

0

Teachers

21

60

0

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