This paper discusses the main challenges of targeting programs aimed at increasing school enrollment, and draws some lessons for improving targeting effectiveness.

To design policies that maximise the chances that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) students will attend school on a given day, it is important to have a detailed understanding of how Indigenous students make the decision about whether to attend. In this paper, four data sets are analysed to shed light on the attendance...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the administration of the Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure. Overall conclusion Improved school engagement is seen as an important contribution to reducing areas of Indigenous disadvantage, including in literacy and numeracy levels and economic participation. The Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure...

Regular attendance at school provides children with opportunities to develop the basic skills for learning, and assists in the development of social skills including communication, self-esteem, teamwork and friendship building. Attendance is a precursor for learning and onward skill development. Understanding how patterns of attendance are established in the early years of school and the...

The Enrolment, attendance and particpation policy should be read in conjunction with School enrolment procedures, School attendance procedures, Tasmanian academy procedure for student enrolments and Tasmanian polytechnic procedure for student enrolments policies. This policy pertains to the implementation of legislation relating to enrolment and attendance in the Tasmanian state government education sector. Relevant legislation consists...