Ms. Mettam inquires about enrolment, discontinuation, and graduation rates for enrolled nursing students at WA TAFE institutes since 2015. Data on student discontinuation at the program level is not collected.

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10 September 2024
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I refer to the number of students studying enrolled nursing at TAFE institutes in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) Across all Western Australian TAFE institutes, how many students have enrolled to study enrolled nursing each year since 2015; (b) Across all Western Australian TAFE institutes, how many students who were enrolled to study enrolled nursing discontinued their studies before graduating, in each year since 2015; and (c) Across all Western Australian TAFE institutes, how many students studying enrolled nursing graduated in each year since 2015?

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Answered
15 October 2024
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Minister for Training and Workforce Development
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6 days
(a)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
940
1,108
785
613
626
577
689
574
861
(b) Data is not currently collected on students discontinuing their studies at the program level.
(c)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
529
635
701
615
434
367
451
434
471
Note: While the nominal term for students studying the Diploma of Nursing full-time is three semesters or eighteen months, the flexible nature of VET means that students can elect to study part time in order to keep a part time job or to manage other commitments such as childcare.
It can take up to five years for a qualification completion to be reported so these numbers will continue to be revised upwards as additional completions are reported.

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