❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Teachers Registration Board WA regarding teacher registration fees, grant allocation to non-government schools, teacher registration numbers, and promotional activities. The response clarifies fee collection, grant distribution, registration categories, and the TRBWA's role.
AnsweredQoN 3876Legislative Council
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(1) For the teachers employed by the Department of Education, how much did the Teachers Registration Board Western Australia receive in teachers applications and fees, (including annual, renewal, and movement from provisional registration to full registration) for the 2014-15 financial year? (2) What percentage of the fees collected is used for the purposes of grants to non-government schools in the 2014-15 financial year? (3) How many school teachers, school principals, school deputies and heads of department are fully registered in government and non-government schools in Western Australia? (4) How many school teachers, school principals, school deputies and heads of department are provisionally registered in government and non-government schools in Western Australia? (5) How many school teachers are registered as graduates in government and non-government schools in Western Australia? (6) How much was the total amount given to non-government schools in grants in the 2014-15 financial year? (7) What activities and strategies are undertaken by the Teachers Registration Board Western Australia to promote the teaching profession in Western Australia?
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Answered
11 May 2016
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
57 days
1. As reported in the 2014-15 Department of Education Services Annual Report and in accordance with the Teachers Registration Board Western Australia Schedule of Fees as prescribed in the Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012 , the Teachers Registration Board Western Australia received $5,290,000 in fees associated with teacher registration. Fees collection is not recorded in terms of employment sector.
2. Nil.
3. 42,420 teachers held Full Registration, as at 16 March 2016.
4. 6,143 teachers held Provisional Registration, as at 16 March 2016.
5. ‘Graduates’ is not a category of registration recognised under the Teacher Registration Act 2012 . Provisional Registration is the entry category for teacher registration in Western Australia and is open to those who have graduated from an accredited Initial Teacher Education Programme. In 2015, 2055 applications for Provisional Registration were approved.
6. In the 2014-15 financial year, the Department of Education Services administered $403,318,488 in student grants to non-government schools. None of this funding has any relationship to fees collected by the Teacher Registration Board.
7.The TRBWA as a regulatory body has not been chartered with responsibility to promote or enhance the status of the teaching profession in Western Australia.
2. Nil.
3. 42,420 teachers held Full Registration, as at 16 March 2016.
4. 6,143 teachers held Provisional Registration, as at 16 March 2016.
5. ‘Graduates’ is not a category of registration recognised under the Teacher Registration Act 2012 . Provisional Registration is the entry category for teacher registration in Western Australia and is open to those who have graduated from an accredited Initial Teacher Education Programme. In 2015, 2055 applications for Provisional Registration were approved.
6. In the 2014-15 financial year, the Department of Education Services administered $403,318,488 in student grants to non-government schools. None of this funding has any relationship to fees collected by the Teacher Registration Board.
7.The TRBWA as a regulatory body has not been chartered with responsibility to promote or enhance the status of the teaching profession in Western Australia.
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