Preschool Services

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (26 September 2018). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): I have been advised of the following:

As at 30 June 2018, the Australian Bureau of Statistics projection of Aboriginal three-year-old children in South Australia was 982. Seventy-two per cent (707) of these children were enrolled in a department operated preschool.

As at 30 June 2018, the population of three-year-old children under the care of the state was 180. Forty-one per cent (73) of these children were enrolled in a Department for Education operated preschool. It should be noted that this does not include three year old children under the care of the state who are enrolled in child care rather than preschool as this data is not available to the department.