COLLECTION COVERAGE
All state and territory governments of Australia, as well as the Australian Government, currently collect data on service providers who deliver preschool programs. The current governance responsibilities for ECEC within each jurisdiction are outlined in Table 1.1 below:
1.1 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR ECEC, 2013
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| Jurisdiction | Government Department |
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| Australian Government | Australian Government Department of Education (formerly the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR))* |
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| New South Wales | Department of Education and Communities |
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| Victoria | Department of Education and Early Childhood Development |
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| Queensland | Department of Education, Training and Employment |
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| South Australia | Department for Education and Child Development |
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| Western Australia | Department of Education |
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| Tasmania | Department of Education |
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| Northern Territory | Department of Education |
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| Australian Capital Territory | Education and Training Directorate |
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* Australian Government Department of Education created from DEEWR on 18 September 2013
In an effort to achieve complete coverage of all ECEC services delivering preschool programs in Australia, ECEC data were sourced from state and territory education departments and compiled together with data from the Australian Government. The collection coverage in each state and territory for the 2013 Collection is outlined below. For more detailed information on each jurisdiction’s data collection activities, refer to Chapter 6: Jurisdictional Data Quality Statements. Data sources for the Collection for each sector within the states and territories are outlined in Chapter 2: Collection Overview.
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