Estimates Replies

STEM Education

In reply to Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (23 July 2015). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers): I am advised:

The last four years of data for this target, including agricultural studies, are:

Note the yearly total is different to the sum of the field of education data because:

1. This data has had a disclosure control technique applied, where random small adjustments are made to cell counts to mitigate the risk of disseminating identifiable data. This allows for more detailed data to be released and does not significantly impair broad level analysis. This technique is not applied to the totals.

2. The data also counts one student in two different fields of education if they are studying double degrees. However, in the totals, the student is only counted once.