Slide 1:Gerry White CEO education.au limited Organisation of education and training in Australia NMA, Canberra, November, 2004


Slide 2:Global orientation


Slide 3:3.5 million Australians involved in education and training Universities 38 Schools 9,600 Australia’s education and training communities 82 TAFE Colleges [640 campuses] Registered Training Organisations 4000 Vocational Education and Training Learning Institutions


School & vocational jurisdictions :NSW (1) Vic (2) School & vocational jurisdictions


School & vocational jurisdictions :WA (1) Qld (2) School & vocational jurisdictions


School & vocational jurisdictions :School & vocational jurisdictions NSW (1) Vic (2) WA (1) Qld (2)


School & vocational jurisdictions :School & vocational jurisdictions NT (1) Tas (1) SA (2) ACT (1)


School & vocational jurisdictions :School & vocational jurisdictions NT (1) NSW (1) Vic (2) Tas (1) SA (2) WA (1) Qld (2) ACT (1)


Education & training jurisdictions :Education & training jurisdictions NT (1) NSW (1) Vic (2) Tas (1) SA (2) WA (1) Qld (2) ACT (1) Australian Government (1)


Funding :Funding Collects taxes and distributes funding


Slide 11:Funding


Funding :Funding


Funding :Funding


Funding :Funding


Slide 15:3.5 million Australians involved in education and training Universities 38 Schools 9,600 Australia’s education and training communities 82 TAFE Colleges [640 campuses] Registered Training Organisations 4000 Vocational Education and Training Learning Institutions


Slide 16:National collaboration


National Collaboration :National Collaboration (States/AG/education.au)


Adelaide Goals of Schooling1999 :Adelaide Goals of Schooling1999 (Extract) 1.Schooling should develop fully the talents and capacities of all students. In particular, when students leave schools they should: 1.6 be confident, creative and productive users of new technologies, particularly information and communication technologies, and understand the impact of those technologies on society.


Adelaide Goals of Schooling1999 :(Extract) 2. In terms of curriculum, students should have: 2.1attained high standards of knowledge, skills and understanding through a comprehensive and balanced curriculum in the compulsory years of schooling encompassing the agreed eight key learning areas: the arts; English; health and physical education; languages other than English; mathematics; science; studies of society and environment; technology; and the interrelationships between them. Adelaide Goals of Schooling1999


Slide 21:What has been achieved Maximised funds - available money [by reducing duplication of funds] Efficient national effort [by reducing duplication of effort] Leveraged existing infrastructure [by building on national assets] Leveraged national expertise Maximised national investment through interoperability


Slide 22:Thank You www.educationau.edu.au