Page 4867 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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Students in the Territory’s care system are required to attend school like any other student as per the Education Participation (Enrolment and Attendance) Policy. Schools make reasonable adjustments to meet the needs of students, including but not limited to creating individualised programs and small group programs where required. Where a risk assessment determines the risk is too high for a student to be at school at a point in time, alternative options are investigated to ensure the student has access to education.
Particular attention is provided to young people in care to ensure they can benefit from a high quality and accessible education system. Children and young people in care can be at greater risk of disengagement with education, and their educational needs vary depending on the individual. For example, the ACT Government has established a Flexible Education Team within the Education Directorate. This team supports students at Murrumbidgee Education and Training Centre, Muliyan (formerly Off Campus Flexible Learning Program), Hospital School and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Cottage Day Program.
Students in these settings work with Flexible Education staff to co-construct personalised learning plans and academic and wellbeing goals. In these settings, multidisciplinary teams support students to attain their Year 10 and Year 12 certificates. Flexible Education staff work closely with high schools and colleges to design personalised transitions for each student so that their return to mainstream education is successful. In addition to the Flexible Education offerings, the Network Student Engagement Team within the Education Directorate builds the capacity of schools to make reasonable adjustments and implement alternative programs to support students to access the curriculum.
5. The Community Services Directorate does not routinely keep data on young people who have left care. Any information that is provided to Child and Youth Protection Services (CYPS) or ACT Together in relation to a young person, after they exit the care of the Director-General at the age of 18, is only done so where the young person has provided explicit consent to share that information. The complex and individual circumstances of each young person can mean that they transition to adulthood and independence at differing paces and in different ways.
6. Table 1: Postsecondary VET enrolments by young people (aged 17-24), as a percentage of the total population of 17-24 year olds, in the ACT, by calendar year 2014 to 2018
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 | |
|
% |
19% |
16% |
16% |
15% |
14% |
Source: ABS, 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics
Source: NCVER VOCSTATS
Note: 2018 is the latest available data (commencement data is always one year behind).
Table 2: Postsecondary VET completions by young people (aged 17 - 24), as a percentage of the total population of 17-24-year olds, in the ACT, by calendar year 2013 to 2017
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 | |
|
% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
Source: ABS, 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics
Source: NCVER VOCSTATS
Note: 2017 is the latest available data (completion data is always two years behind).
7. See response to Q5.
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