In 2002, there were 2,835 part-time secondary students in Tasmania, accounting for 1,497.6 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students. Schools in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the highest number of part-time secondary students with 1,481 (52.2%), and the most FTE part-time students with 821.6 (54.9%).
In 2002, non-government schools had just 63.8 FTE part-time secondary students compared with 1,433.8 in government schools. Schools in the Northern Region held the highest proportion of non-government, FTE part-time secondary students, with 47.3% (30.2) of the state's total in 2002.
More females than males undertook part-time secondary study in Tasmania in 2002. Schools in the Northern Region had the highest proportion of female to male students, with 70.8% (336.8) females and 29.2% (138.9) males for 2002.
PART-TIME SECONDARY STUDENTS, Tasmanian regions - 2002
|
| | Government
| Non-government(a)
| All schools
|
| | no. | FTE(b) | no. | FTE(b) | no. | FTE(b) |
|
Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | | | |
| Males | 475 | 263.1 | 19 | 7.9 | 494 | 271.0 |
| Females | 962 | 537.0 | 25 | 13.6 | 987 | 550.6 |
| Total | 1,437 | 800.1 | 44 | 21.5 | 1,481 | 821.6 |
Northern | | | | | | |
| Males | 266 | 124.0 | 37 | 14.9 | 303 | 138.9 |
| Females | 639 | 321.5 | 35 | 15.3 | 674 | 336.8 |
| Total | 905 | 445.5 | 72 | 30.2 | 977 | 475.7 |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | | | |
| Males | 117 | 60.9 | 14 | 4.5 | 131 | 65.4 |
| Females | 225 | 127.3 | 21 | 7.6 | 246 | 134.9 |
| Total | 342 | 188.2 | 35 | 12.1 | 377 | 200.3 |
Tasmania |
2,684
|
1,433.8
|
151
|
63.8
|
2,835
|
1,497.6
|
|
(a) Includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included.
(b) Full-time equivalent (FTE) of part-time students has been calculated by dividing the student's workload by what is considered to the workload of a full-time student.
Source: Department of Education (government schools data); Department of Education, Science and Training (non-government schools data). |