House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Estimates Replies STEM Education STEM Education In reply to Ms SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide STEM Education In reply to Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (23 July 2015). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. G.E. GAGO House of Assembly 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 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: Field of Education 2011 2012 2013 2014 Natural and Physical Sciences 1,612 1,900 2,048 1,953 Information Technology 469 582 558 635 Engineering and Related Technologies 1,285 1,479 1,605 1,569 Architecture and Building 635 693 680 659 Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies 449 414 396 374 Health 5,470 5,851 6,133 6,010 Total 9,732 10,722 11,217 11,012 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.