Abstract
This report presents an analysis of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project titled ‘A sociological analysis of ethnicity and compulsory schooling’. The project was carried out in the South-Western region of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), a state in Australia, where the age of compulsory education was increased from 15 to 17 years in 2009. In NSW, the year 12 completion rate of 71.1% was below the national average of 75.3% (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS], 2006). Sydney is the nation’s most ethnically diverse city and South-West Sydney (SWS) has the most diverse school community. SWS has one of the lowest school retention rates, the lowest socio-economic status (SES) and high ethnic diversity (SEIFA Index of Disadvantage, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils [WSROC]). Significantly, the region is also a touchstone for inter-ethnic relations.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Penrith, N.S.W. |
| Publisher | University of Western Sydney |
| Number of pages | 185 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781741083231 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
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- Australia
- Centre for Western Sydney
- New South Wales
- Sydney
- compulsory
- education
- education\
- equity
- ethnicity
- scales of opportunity
