Proportion of Year 6 students at or above the Proficient Standard in scientific literacy per cent – 51.3 – – – Proportion of Year 6 students at or above the Proficient Standard on the Information and Communications Technologies Literacy scale per cent 64 – – 64 – Proportion of Year 10 students at or above the Proficient Standard on the Information and Communications Technologies Literacy scale9 per cent 68 – – 55 – Higher education and skills VET course completions VET completions number 187,500 238,500 220,500 249,700 228,100 Year 12 or equivalent completion rates of young people Year 12 or a non-school qualification at Certificate II level or above of young people 20–24 years per cent 86.1 88.0 90.1 89.0 89.5
VET enrolments by courses in areas of skill demand Government-subsidised enrolments in skill demand occupations number 127,400 151,500 153,000 166,600 148,100 VET enrolments by specialised category courses Government-subsidised enrolments in specialist occupations number 71,000 79,300 89,600 88,900 83,800 VET participation by learners facing barriers VET participation by unemployed learners number 89,300 118,500 135,000 135,900 113,200
Strategy, Review and Regulation The Strategy, Review and Regulation output group develops, plans and monitors strategic policy settings across all stages of learning. It also includes intergovernmental negotiations as well as research, data and performance evaluations. This output group also supports regulation that ensures quality education and training is delivered and contributes to all the Department’s objectives of Achievement, Engagement, Wellbeing and Productivity. Performance measures Unit of measure 2015–16 Target 2015–16 Actual % variation Quantity Number of registered training organisation quality audits and school reviews undertaken annually number 191 182 -4.7 This performance measure relates to the 2015 calendar year. The 2015–16 Actual is lower than 2015–16 Target as a result of cancellation of a number of scheduled audits/reviews because some Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) did not seek to retain registration and several school reviews were fast tracked for opening in 2014. Quality Education provider satisfaction with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority and its regulatory processes per cent 65 81.0 24.6 This performance measure relates to the 2015 calendar year. The 2015–16 Actual is higher than 2015–16 Target due to improved business processes and stakeholder engagement activities. Percentage of government schools where an enrolment audit is conducted per cent 32.5 32.7 0.6 This performance measure relates to the 2015 calendar year. Cost Total output cost $ million 101.9 91.8 -9.9 The 2015–16 Actual is actually lower than the 2015–16 Target due to the timing in delivery of programs such as IT systems, including licencing and maintenance programs. Key: Target achieved or exceeded Target not achieved—less than 5% variance Target not achieved—more than 5% variance Early Childhood Development The Early Childhood Development output group provides funding for a range of services that support children in the early years, including kindergarten and children’s services, maternal and child health, and early intervention services for children with a disability. These outputs make a significant contribution to the Government’s key outcomes in early childhood services. This group and its outputs contribute towards providing and improving services to support all the Department’s objectives of Achievement, Engagement, Wellbeing and Productivity.
Performance measures Unit of measure 2015–16 Target 2015–16 Actual % variation Quality Education and care services offering a funded kindergarten program assessed as exceeding the National Quality Standard per cent 40 43 7.5 This performance measure relates to the 2015 calendar year. The 2015–16 Actual is higher than the 2015–16 Target because the target was set based on assessments under the National Quality Standard undertaken prior to 2015. Education and care services offering a funded kindergarten program assessed as meeting or exceeding the National Quality Standard per cent 85 87 2.4 This performance measure relates to the 2015 calendar year. Families who are satisfied with the Early Childhood Intervention Services provided per cent 90 90 0.0 The final result is currently not available due to timing of the data collection. The result provided under the 2015–16 Actual is the expected outcome published in the 2016–17 Budget Paper No.3. Timeliness Children aged 0–1 month enrolled at Maternal and Child Health Services from birth notifications per cent 98.5 98.5 0.0 The final result is currently not available due to timing of the data collection. The result provided under the 2015–16 Actual is the expected outcome published in the 2016–17 Budget Paper No.3. Cost Total output cost $ million 491.1 534.5 8.8 The 2015–16 Actual is higher than the 2015–16 Target primarily due to the timing in delivery of programs such as Early Childhood Capital Grants and increase in Commonwealth funding for Universal Access National Partnership. Key: Target achieved or exceeded Target not achieved—less than 5% variance Target not achieved—more than 5% variance
communicating environmental performance through regular reporting encouraging staff to reduce their environmental impacts. Unless otherwise stated, all consumption data is for 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016. Energy The data presented below was collected through energy retailer billing information and represents 100 per cent of sites and 99 per cent of FTE staff. Target Reduce energy consumption per square metre by 15 per cent of 2013–14 levels by 31 March 2024, averaging an incremental reduction of 1.5 per cent each year for 10 years. Indicator 2015–16 2014–15 Electricity Natural gas Green power Electricity Natural gas Green Total energy usage segmented by primary source, measured in mega joules (MJ) 20,910,815 6,858,907 0 19,682,232 5,195,820 0 Greenhouse gas emissions 7319 380 – 7271 287 – Units of energy used per FTE (MJ/FTE) 12,823 12,053 Percentage of electricity purchased as green power 0 0 Units of energy used per unit of office area (MJ/m2) 736 664 Actions undertaken Solar panels have been installed at one regional office. Lighting sensors and times restored where necessary across all central and some regional offices. The lease was not extended for one energy intensive regional office premise with staff relocated to another existing office. Significant improvements conducted to the HVAC gas system of the centrally-based offices. The Department participated in the national Earth Hour event.
Operational vehicles 2015–16 2014–15 Hybrid LPG Petrol Diesel Hybrid LPG Petrol Diesel Total energy consumption by vehicles (MJ) 3,659,494 609,523 5,702,249 963,027 4,680,322 1,387,730 4,532,459 1,149,078 Total vehicle travel associated with entity operations (km) 2,051,734 195,262 2,053,244 357,327 2,509,970 437,410 1,635,819 434,770 Total greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle fleet (t CO2-e) 261 39 406 71 338 90 327 86 Greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle fleet per 1,000 km travelled (t CO2-e) 0.13 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.13 0.21 0.20 0.20 Air travel 2015–16 2014–15 Air travel Short <500 km Medium 500–3,700 km Long >3,700 km Short <500 km Medium 500–3,700 km Long >3,700 km Total distance (km) travelled by aeroplane 156,412 495,194 483,802 234,744 660,031 1,197,003