Title: Education in Australia - Wikipedia
Headings: Education in Australia
Education in Australia
Education in Australia
Contents
Regulation and funding
Preschool
Primary and secondary education
History of school education in Australia
Compulsory attendance requirements
Australian Curriculum
Types of schools
School years
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Middle schools
Combined and central schools
Organisational structures
Government schools
Government educational authority by state/territory
Non-government schools
Catholic schools
Independent schools
Australian independent schools broadly fall into the following categories:
Types of Australian independent schools
Specialist organisational structures
Special schools
Selective schools
Specialist schools
International schools
Mixed-sex and single-sex education
Day and boarding schools
Qualifications
Basic skills tests
Provider of school education to international students
Issues in Australian school education
Government education policy
Indigenous primary and secondary education
Religious education in government schools
School violence
Tertiary education
International tertiary students
Rankings
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Content: The Education Index, published with the UN 's Human Development Index in 2018, based on data from 2017, listed Australia as 0.929, the second-highest in the world. In 1966 the Australian Government signed the Convention against Discrimination in Education, that aimed to combat discrimination and racial segregation in the field of education. Contents
1 Regulation and funding
2 Preschool
3 Primary and secondary education
3.1 History of school education in Australia
3.2 Compulsory attendance requirements
3.3 Australian Curriculum
3.4 Types of schools
3.4.1 School years
3.4.1.1 Primary schools
3.4.1.2 Secondary schools
3.4.1.3 Middle schools
3.4.1.4 Combined and central schools
3.4.2 Organisational structures
3.4.2.1 Government schools
3.4.2.2 Non-government schools
3.4.2.2.1 Catholic schools
3.4.2.2.2 Independent schools
3.4.3 Specialist organisational structures
3.4.3.1 Special schools
3.4.3.2 Selective schools
3.4.3.3 Specialist schools
3.4.3.4 International schools
3.4.4 Mixed-sex and single-sex education
3.4.5 Day and boarding schools
3.5 Qualifications
3.5.1 Basic skills tests
3.6 Provider of school education to international students
3.7 Issues in Australian school education
3.7.1 Government education policy
3.7.2 Indigenous primary and secondary education
3.7.3 Religious education in government schools
3.7.4 School violence
4 Tertiary education
4.1 International tertiary students
4.2 Rankings
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Regulation and funding
The regulation, operation, and funding of education is the responsibility of the States and territories, because the Australian Government does not have a specific constitutional power to pass laws with respect to education. However, the Federal government helps to fund non-government schools, helps to fund public universities and subsidises tertiary education through a national student loan scheme, and regulates vocational education providers. Post-compulsory education is regulated within the Australian Qualifications Framework, a unified system of national qualifications in schools, vocational education and training, and the tertiary education sector. The Australian Government's involvement in education has been the responsibility of a number of departments over the years, [note a] with the Department of Education, Skills and Employment being formed in 2020. The academic year in Australia varies between States and institutions, however generally runs from late January/early February until early/mid-December for primary and secondary schools, with slight variations in the inter-term holidays and TAFE colleges, and from late February until mid-November for universities with seasonal holidays and breaks for each educational institute. Preschool
Preschool and pre-prep programmes in Australia are relatively unregulated, and are not compulsory. The first exposure many Australian children have to learning with others outside of traditional parenting is day care or a parent-run playgroup. This sort of activity is not generally considered schooling, as preschool education is separate from primary school in all states and territories, except Western Australia where pre-school education is taught as part of the primary school system and Victoria where the state framework, the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) covers children from birth to 8 years old, is used by some schools over the national framework.