Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 10—Education and training 421
10.20 COURSE ENROLMENTS IN PERSONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, By Sex—1999
Males
Females
Persons(a)
Field of study
’000
’000
’000
Land and marine resources, animal husbandry 1.7 2.8 4.6
Architecture, building 2.3 4.8 7.3
Art, humanities and social sciences 18.0 67.5 86.4
Business, administration, economics 3.6 5.4 9.1
Education 0.4 0.6 1.0
Engineering, surveying 2.1 4.1 6.3
Health, community services 8.8 33.5 43.0
Law, legal studies 0.1 0.4 0.5
Science 3.2 5.4 8.7
Veterinary science, animal care 0.2 0.3 0.5
Services, hospitality, transportation 2.9 8.5 11.4
VET multi-field education 13.9 27.2 41.1
Total 57.3 160.6 220.0
(a) Includes sex not stated.
Source: Unpublished data, National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
Indigenous education
Indigenous school students
In 1999, there were 73,200 Indigenous students
reported as attending primary school and
33,400 Indigenous students attending secondary
school.
Most Indigenous students (88%) attended
government schools in 1999. Of the 12%
attending non-government schools, most were
attending Catholic schools (67%) (table 10.21).
The increase in ungraded students between
primary and secondary education is mostly
attributable to the classification of secondary-age
students in Northern Territory remote Aboriginal
schools as ungraded. This is due to the difficulty
of classifying such students in terms of the
normal urban secondary grade structure.
10.21 INDIGENOUS FULL-TIME STUDENTS, By Category of School and Level/Year of Education—1999
Non-government schools
Government schools Catholic Other
Total All schools
Level
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
Primary
Pre-year1(a) 5 543 477 114 591 6 134
Year 1 9 883 844 290 1 134 11 017
Year 2 9 728 801 260 1 061 10 789
Year 3 9 210 760 258 1 018 10 228
Year 4 8 984 798 254 1 052 10 036
Year 5 8 579 703 230 933 9 512
Year 6 8 056 697 251 948 9 004
Year 7 (Qld, SA, WA, NT) 4 698 435 166 601 5 299
Ungraded 980 13 196 209 1 189
Total Primary 65 661 5 528 2 019 7 547 73 208
Secondary
Year 7 (NSW, Vic., Tas., ACT) 2 903 226 59 285 3 188
Year 8 6 707 772 432 1 204 7 911
Year 9 6 278 635 348 983 7 261
Year 10 5 126 570 314 884 6 010
Year 11 3 243 371 295 666 3 909
Year 12 1 817 254 135 389 2 206
Ungraded 2 164 216 555 771 2 935
Total Secondary 28 238 3 044 2 138 5 182 33 420
Total 93 899 8 572 4 157 12 729 106 628
(a) Pre-year 1 does not include Queensland and Western Australia.
Source: Schools, Australia (4221.0).