The figures, published today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, show there were 3,142,933 full-time students. The age participation rate for full-time students was over 92 per cent for 15 year olds and nearly 80 per cent for 16 year olds. The apparent retention rate of secondary school students to Year 12 fell from 72.2 per cent in 1995 to 71.3 per cent in 1996.
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