Answers to Questions

APY LANDS, SCHOOLS

192 The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (9 February 2011). Can the Minister for Education advise—

1. What was the combined attendance rate for all of the schools located in the Aboriginal Lands District for the years—

(a) 2008;

(b) 2009; and

(c) 2010?

2. What was the attendance rate at each of the following sites—

(a) Amata Anangu School;

(b) Ernabella Anangu School;

(c) Fregon Anangu School;

(d) Indulkana Anangu School;

(e) Kenmore Park Anangu School;

(f) Mimili Anangu School;

(g) Murputja Anangu School;

(h) Oak Valley Aboriginal School;

(i) Pipalyatjara Anangu School;

(j) Watarru Anangu School;

(k) Wiltja Program; and

(l) Yalata Anangu School—

in the years—

i. 2008;

ii. 2009; and

iii. 2010?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Gambling): The Minister for Education is advised:

The tables below provide attendance data for all schools located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Figures for the individual attendance rate table have also been provided for Oak Valley Aboriginal School and Yalata Anangu School although they are not located on the APY Lands. In addition, the Wiltja Program is not a school located in the APY Lands, but rather a program located in metropolitan schools for students from the APY Lands.

Attendance statistics from 2008 are not directly comparable with statistics from 2009 and 2010 as there was a change in reporting methodology introduced in 2009 to align attendance statistics with national reporting requirements.

In 2008, attendance rates were calculated based on full time students who were enrolled in only one school for the entire term, and who were attending school at the time of the term 3 census. Therefore, for the 2008 data set, the attendance rate includes students who only attended school for a portion of a day and does not include students who changed school.

The 2008 data is sourced from Term 2 Absence Data Collected in the Term 3 DECS School Enrolment Census.

Schools included in the above aggregated attendance rate table are: Amata Anangu School, Ernabella Anangu School, Fregon Anangu School, Indulkana Anangu School, Kenmore Park Anangu School, Mimili Anangu School, Murputja Anangu School, Pipalyatjara Anangu School, Watarru Anangu School.

From 2009, changes to national reporting requirements resulted in different attendance measures being used, which mean that the attendance rates in 2008 and prior are not comparable to attendance rates post-2008. These attendance rates were calculated so that students who changed schools were counted for the first time, and that half-day absentees were included in absence calculations.

The 2009 and 2010 data is sourced from Semester 1 Absence Data Collected in the Term 3 DECS School Enrolment Census.

Schools included in the above aggregated attendance rate table are: Amata Anangu School, Ernabella Anangu School, Fregon Anangu School, Indulkana Anangu School, Kenmore Park Anangu School, Mimili Anangu School, Murputja Anangu School, Pipalyatjara Anangu School, Watarru Anangu School.