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 below:

Jurisdiction	Government Department
Australian Government	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
New South Wales	Department of Education and Communities
Victoria	Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Queensland	Department of Education, Training and Employment
South Australia	Department for Education and Child Development
Western Australia	Department of Education
Tasmania	Department of Education
Northern Territory	Department of Education
Australian Capital Territory	Education and Training Directorate

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 2012 National ECEC 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 National ECEC Collection for each sector within the states and territories are outlined in Chapter 2: Collection Overview.

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