Question – TasTAFE Enrolments
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 17 June 2021. Answered by the Hon Sarah Courtney Minister for Education on 24 June 2021.
With regard to TasTAFE, can the Government:
Question 1: Provide the current total FTE and number of the following TasTAFE personnel employed under the Tasmanian State Service Award: a) TasTAFE teaching staff; b) Other non-teaching staff;
ANSWER 1: Total FTE and number of the following TasTAFE personnel employed under the Tasmanian State Service Award (Data as at end of April 2021: a) TasTAFE teaching staff; 407.65 FTE; b) Other non-teaching staff; 361.52 FTE
Question 2. Provide the total number of all enrolments for both 2020 and 2021 calendar years, and also the total number of courses offered during those same two calendar years;
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
|
Enrolments |
21,192 |
10,536 |
|
Courses offered |
417 |
354 |
Question 3. Provide, as actual numbers and percentage of the total for the calendar years 2020 and 2021 for each of the following demographic details by each of the listed categories:
(a) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders students enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020 % |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses |
174 |
48 |
0.8% |
0.5% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
360 |
87 |
1.7% |
0.8% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
756 |
488 |
3.6% |
4.6% |
(b) The number of students with a disability enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020% |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses |
582 |
170 |
2.7% |
1.6% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
496 |
116 |
2.3% |
1.1% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
1,373 |
829 |
6.5% |
7.9% |
(c) The number of new migrants and humanitarian visa holders enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
Humanitarian Visa |
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020 % |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses |
110 |
55 |
0.5% |
0.5% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
246 |
64 |
1.2% |
0.6% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
31 |
22 |
0.1% |
0.2% |
(d) The number of students who are school leavers under 19 years of age without a TCE or equivalent enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020 % |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses |
57 |
14 |
0.3% |
0.1% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
179 |
37 |
0.8% |
0.4% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
627 |
328 |
3.0% |
3.1% |
(e) The number of students in Low SES categories enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020 % |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses |
1,075 |
356 |
5.1% |
3.4% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
3,219 |
781 |
15.2% |
7.4% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
5,335 |
3,568 |
25.2% |
33.9% |
(f) The number of students in remote areas enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 |
2021 QI |
2020% |
2021 % |
|
Free Courses Full Fee Paying |
22 |
4 |
0.1% |
0.0% |
|
Courses |
198 |
42 |
0.9% |
0.4% |
|
Subsidised Courses |
234 |
123 |
1.1% |
1.2% |
(g) A gender breakdown of all students enrolled in:
(i) free courses;
(ii) subsidised courses; and
(iii) full fee-paying courses.
|
|
2020 Female |
Female% |
Male |
Male% |
Other |
Other% |
|
Free Courses |
1,528 |
7.2% |
941 |
4.4% |
I |
0.00% |
|
Full Fee Paying Courses |
2,135 |
10.1% |
5,067 |
23.9% |
2 |
0.01% |
|
Subsidised Courses Totals ( I 00% with rounding) |
4,414 |
20.8% |
7,105 |
33.5% |
12 |
0.06% |
|
|
|
38.1% |
|
61.8% |
|
0.07% |
