Indigenous Students Education

107 The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD ().7 September 2022).

1. What percentage of Indigenous South Australians aged 20-24 had attained year 12 or equivalent in 2021-2022?

2. What percentage of non-Indigenous South Australians aged 20-24 had attained year 12 or equivalent in 2021-2022?

3. What was the average Tertiary Entrance Rank score of Indigenous students who completed the South Australian Certificate of Education in 2021?

4. What was the average Tertiary Entrance Rank score of non-Indigenous students who completed the South Australian Certificate of Education in 2021?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): The Minister for Education, Training and Skills has advised:

In 2021, 436 Indigenous South Australian students completed the South Australian Certificate of Education. Of these, 11 students (2.5%) were aged 20-24.

In 2021, 15,302 non-Indigenous South Australian students completed the South Australian Certificate of Education, and of these 185 (1.2%) were aged 20-24.

Student age has been calculated as of 30 June 2021.

2022 SACE completion data cannot be provided until the conclusion of the 2022 academic year.

With regard to 3 and 4 above, the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) data is unable to be supplied by the SACE Board of SA as this data is owned by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC).