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

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Overview of education in Australia
Education in Australia
Australian Government
Minister for Education
Dan Tehan
National education budget (2015)
Budget
A$ 111.8 billion
5.9 percent of GDP
General details
Primary languages
English
System type
State
Established compulsory education
1830s
1870s
Literacy (2003)
Total
99%
Male
99%
Female
99%
Enrollment (2008)
Total
20.4% of population
Primary
1.9 million
Secondary
1.4 million
Post secondary
1 million
Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (high schools), tertiary education ( universities and Registered Training Organisations (RTO's). Regulation and funding of education is primarily the responsibility of the States and territories, however the Australian Government also plays a funding role. Education in Australia is compulsory between the ages of four, five, or six and fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, depending on the State or territory and date of birth. For primary and secondary education, government schools educate approximately 60 percent of Australian students, with approximately 40 percent in non-government schools. At the tertiary level, the majority of Australia's universities are public, and student fees are subsidised through a student loan program where payment becomes due when debtors reach a certain income level. Underpinned by the Australian Qualifications Framework, implemented in 1995, Australia has adopted a national system of qualifications, encompassing higher education, vocational education and training (VET), and school-based education. For primary and secondary schools, a national Australian Curriculum has been progressively developed and implemented since 2010. Australia is a leading global provider of education to international students; and, after the United States and the United Kingdom, is ranked as the third-largest provider of international education. Australia has the highest ratio of international students per head of population in the world by a large margin, with 812,000 international students enrolled in the nation's universities and vocational institutions in 2019.