THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ILLUSTRATE THE RESULT OF FAVOURED FUNDING OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY THE KENNETT GOVERNMENT DURING THE PERIOD 1992 TO 1999

	1992	1998	1992	1998
PUPILS	533,909	521,413	253,713	265,987
SCHOOLS	2,013	1,644	687	685
TEACHING STAFF	40,550	33,762	16,192	17,631
STUDENT/TEACHER STAFF RATIO FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS:
PRIMARY	15.8	18.2	19.6	18.7
SECONDARY	10.8	12.7	13.0	12.6
COMBINED (TOTAL)	13.2	15.4	15.7	15.1
RETENTION RATES TO YEAR 12	77.9	69.1	86.8	88.3
SCHOOL STAFF: AREA OF ACTIVITY:
TEACHING STAFF	40,550	33,762	16,192	17,631
SPECIALIST SUPPORT STAFF	549	504	316	421
ADMINISTRATION AND CLERICAL	5,185	6,733	3,037	3,783
BUILDING OPERATIONS	164	112	882	965
TOTAL SCHOOL STAFF	46,447	41,111	20,427	22,800
NON-SCHOOL STAFF
EXECUTIVE	86	103	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
SPECIALIST SUPPORT STAFF	179	83	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
ADMINISTRATION AND CLERICAL STAFF	1,325	737	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
BUILDINGS	4	-	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
TOTAL	1,593	923	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
% SHARE OF PUPIL POPULATION
PRIMARY	70.3%	69.5%	29.7%	30.5%
SECONDARY	64.8%	62.1%	35.2%	37.9%
TOTAL	67.8%	66.2%	32.2%	33.8%

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