Analysis of the Australian Education System: A Detailed Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Australian education system. It begins with an executive summary highlighting the system's privatization and government initiatives to support international students and economic growth. The introduction emphasizes Australia's position as a leading education provider and the significance of education to the national economy. The report then delves into the Australian curriculum, detailing the structure of primary, secondary, and senior secondary schools, as well as vocational education and training. It explores the integration of technology, digital learning initiatives, and the implementation of technology in schools. The report also examines the computer knowledge of Australian students, vocational training programs, and the country's excellence in research. Finally, it addresses the responsibilities of the Australian State and Territory Governments in funding and regulating education. The report concludes by emphasizing the productivity of the Australian education system for both national and international students, highlighting government initiatives and the importance of early childhood education.

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Executive Summary
The report has shed light on Australian education system and level of international engagements
in Australian schools. The Australian education system is idiosyncratic in that it is extremely
privatized in both the school and higher education sectors associated with other systems in other
nations. The government initiation is important in that case and infrastructural maintenance to
engage international students and rise in the economy are the concern factor of this nation. The
paper entirely demonstrates all these aspects of Australian education and analysis the quality of
the leaning standard and approaches of pre-school, secondary and senior – secondary schools.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Australian Curriculum.....................................................................................................................3
The technologies Curriculum..........................................................................................................4
Digital learning in Australia............................................................................................................5
Technology implementation in Australian schools.........................................................................6
Computer knowledge of Australian students...................................................................................6
Australian vocational education training.........................................................................................6
Australian excellence in research....................................................................................................7
Australian State and Territory Government responsibilities...........................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
Appendices....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The education system of Australia is dynamic and impressive for international and
national students as a nation has ranked the third largest education provider in the world after US
and UK. In case of the Australian economy, the education factor is significant and relevant for
growing the nation. 130,000 international students are contributed their skill in Australian
workforce and the reason behind this number is the education system in Australia. As per the
records from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the international estimation of education
value is $19.9 billion (Austrade.gov.au, 2018). This is a huge investment that international and
national students are doing in the education system, thus it will be a responsibility of the
education system to reviewing their program and set up in a more precise way. The national
strategy of Australian education is surfaced in three ways (Campbell & Proctor, 2014). The first
aspect is to provide fundamental support and deliver high-quality education that students will
implement in their future life. The second aspect is to make a transformative partnership of
relation and understanding with students and teachers so that a communal bonding will make to
strengthen the objective of learning. The third aspect is to provide illustrative opportunities in
education that excellence with their skill and promote the education market globally.
Australian Curriculum
Australian education framework covers all compulsory frameworks and that is the reason
school, vocational, and higher secondary format of Australian education has the single nation
system. In a broader way, there are four subsectors in Australian education system.

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 Primary School: Starting from the kindergarten, Pre-school level and in consist seven to
eight years.
 Secondary School: This process has started from four to five years and goes through in 7
or 8 to 10 or 11 years (Austrade.gov.au, 2018).
 Senior Secondary School: This process begins after the secondary schooling process and
it takes just 2 years after the completion of the earlier. So it will be 11 or 12 to 13.
 Territory Education: The vocation education and training include in higher education, this
is the time when a student prepares for the future (Devlin, 2013).
The system is so transparent and all the sections are so informative and quality
compressed that it effects on the educational nature and quality upgradation of students.
Australia has more than 120 English language colleges, 43 Universities, more than 5000
registered training organizations, more than 9400 schools an in those schools 3.8 million students
are pursuing their study (Austrade.gov.au, 2018). More than 6000 schools are initiated by the
Australian government and that initiation signifies that Australian government has a concerned
look over the education.
The technologies Curriculum
In Australian curriculum, the technological curriculum is designed in a significant
manner. Students use computation thinking and information systems to define the digital
solution. The use of a computer is mandatory in some cases of learning. Thus a tech-savvy nature
has been created by the school and that will help students in their future (Norton, Norton &
Cakitaki, 2016). Students have got enough opportunity to design their thinking to introduce
something new through the technologies and that is the creative part of learning that indulges in

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the education. The generation of thought and authentic switch over of implementation of those
thoughts through projects are the challenging prospects for students. In case of early childhood
education, these processes are introduced in a radical manner and all those programs are always
linked with their senior level of education. For this reason, 7 Australian universities are in the top
in between 100 universities globally (Austrade.gov.au, 2018).
Digital learning in Australia
Digital literacy and STEM measure is building the level of innovation in science section
in Australia and the process is a continuous process that improves the standard of digital literacy
in case of students. Inspire curiosity to develop science and math knowledge is the main aspect
of the early childhood age. Online computing challenges are important in between 5 to 7 years
where students are taking some challenges in digital leaning case and senior supportiveness to
mitigate the hurdle is important. In Summer schools, at the age of 9 to 10 or 11, the introduction
of information and communication technologies are introduced by the schools of Australia and
that expanded the learning opportunity for students (Lingard, Creagh & Vass, 2012). Driving
towards the digital literacy for students and supports them for making a partnership between ICT
and digital literacy is important. All this process initiates by the education authority of Australia
and almost AUD$112.2 million has been invested till 2016. 394,462 school staffs are there for
taking care of children and provide quality education to these students (Austrade.gov.au, 2018).
Through digital marketing, a strong emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
(STEM) skills are improving (Dinham, 2013). The levels of interoperability programs in school
and date exchange system in operations are strengthened with the establishment of digital
learning.

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Technology implementation in Australian schools
The Australian government supports and appreciates the national and state level of
technological support in Australian’s schools. The levels of students are enriched by this process
and “Bring Your Own Device” policy encourages students to bring their own device and placed
some technological orientations through those (Austrade.gov.au, 2018). The same device-related
projects are provided as their home projects also and students will make another thing through
this process. Parents are getting involved in this process and that highlighted their developing
brain also. In case of ICT resources and infrastructure, adopting something at the early age is
there and dives are acted as the medium from which the entire procedure will implement.
Computer knowledge of Australian students
A computer using process is quite natural in Australian schools and school authority
provides one computer for every student. A 15 years old student almost spend more than one
hour with the internet and other processes on the computer (Lane, 2012). The process helps in
their future trending and make more comfortable in professional work handling.
Australian vocational education training
This training procedure is basically a partnership between industry and government.
Industries are delivering this vocational training to students so that their development of skill and
qualification will improve. All these are registered training organizations. Institutional and
technical education is provided through these institutions and 58 government-owned TAFE
institutes and universities are in this division (Austrade.gov.au, 2018).

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Australian excellence in research
The structural balance of knowledge and creation of characteristics are demonstrated in
this kind of research process. The process of quality has been benchmarked and research output
of 3% in world research sector is a significant deliverance to the world. The nation has 22
scientific research fields and CSIRO has impacted over the Australian education in an effective
way (Austrade.gov.au, 2018). The technological advances like Google map, Bionic ear, Black
box flight recorder, Wi-Fi, Permaculture, Spray-on-skin, Cervical cancer vaccine all these are the
status of improvement that Australian government has done throughout the learning process. In
case of renewable energy and biotechnology, world’s highest patent applications are conceived
by the nation.
Australian State and Territory Government responsibilities
A shared responsibility is taken by the Federal, state and territory government of
Australia. Funding and regulating support in child education is important in this case. Partial
funding for a government school and most of the funding in non-government schools are
applicable and supplementary funding for VET is also necessary in that case. Responsibilities
like long day care, child care, family day care, formal care and occasional care all these are
important in pre-school age and government has underlined those points so that efficient building
procedure of learning started from the very begging of their life (Klenowski & Wyatt-Smith,
2012). Funding agreement has been set with secondary and senior secondary schools of
government and non-government sectors. Engagement with associates programs and assessment
with students are important in that section. State territory infrastructure and funding for teachers,
principal, non-teaching staffs, management, and administration all these are associated with the
development of the nation.

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Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that education system of Australia is utmost productive for
nation an international students. The process has started from early childhood management and
then schooling, higher education, teaching and research process, vocational training and
international students are the concern factor for their paper. In Australia, government initiation is
the most effective part of national education agreement. Early childhood education and the
compulsory process of learning education in Australia is the most signifying process that
encourages international students to complete their education in Australia and take this
opportunity of quality learning.

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Campbell, C., & Proctor, H. (2014). A history of Australian schooling. Allen & Unwin.
Devlin, M. (2013). Bridging socio-cultural incongruity: Conceptualising the success of students
from low socio-economic status backgrounds in Australian higher education. Studies in
Higher Education, 38(6), 939-949.
Dinham, S. (2013). The quality teaching movement in Australia encounters difficult terrain: A
personal perspective. Australian Journal of Education, 57(2), 91-106.
Klenowski, V., & Wyatt-Smith, C. (2012). The impact of high stakes testing: The Australian
story. Assessment in education: Principles, policy & practice, 19(1), 65-79.
Lane, J. M. (2012). Developing the vision: Preparing teachers to deliver a digital world-class
education system. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(4), 59-74.
Lingard, B., Creagh, S., & Vass, G. (2012). Education policy as numbers: Data categories and
two Australian cases of misrecognition. Journal of Education Policy, 27(3), 315-333.
Norton, A., Norton, A., & Cakitaki, B. (2016). Mapping Australian higher education 2016.
Melbourne: Grattan Institute.

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Appendices
Appendix 1
Figure 1: Australian education system in 2016-2017
(Source: Austrade.gov.au, 2018)
Appendix 2
Figure 2: Australian Schooling system in 2016-2017
(Source: Austrade.gov.au, 2018)

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Appendix 3:
Figure 2: Australian education process at a glance
(Source: Austrade.gov.au, 2018)