Question On Notice No. 752 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 March 2018 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the support services offered through the Participation Program to increase enrolment, retention and graduation of students experiencing barriers to training, and I ask:
(a) In
the 2016 calendar year, how many students accessed this program;
(b) In
the 2016 calendar year, how many students referred to this program received:
(i) mentoring
and counselling services;
(ii) language
and literacy services;
(iii) translation
services;
(iv) transport
assistance;
(v) provision
of meals;
(vi) childcare
assistance; and
(vii) assistance
with equipment or facilities; and
(c) How many case managers are employed to work in
the Participation Program:
(i) on
average, how many students do they work with in an academic year?
Answered on 10 April 2018
(a) 4,819
(b) (i) 1,812
(ii) 936
(iii) 936
(iv) 2,010
(v) 3,287
(vi) 47
(vii) 1,497
The number of students above is the number of students the service was contracted and available for during 2016. Students may receive more than one of the support services listed above.
(c)
The Department of Training and Workforce Development has four case managers. The Department of Training and Workforce Development is unable to provide information relating to the number of case managers employed by the registered training organisations that are involved in the program, as we do not have these figures.
(i) No data available.