AUSTRALIA: CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INCREASE

CATH NEWS REPORT: Enrolments across Catholic schools in South Australia rose in 2010, with 48,783 students on the books, an increase from 46,665 students in 2005, reports the Adelaide Advertiser.


Catholic Education SA assistant director, Monica Conway, said Catholic schools prioritised baptised Catholic children but welcomed enrolment inquiries from other denominations and faiths. "The make-up of the school population differs from school to school, depending on enrolment places and other factors," she said.Enrolments at other religious schools also rose, with the total in Anglican schools between 2007 and 2010 up by 7 per cent to 13,476 students.

Ms Conway said Catholic schools made special efforts to accommodate children newly arrived in Australia, children with special needs and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

She said all students received contemporary learning experiences, grounded in Catholic beliefs and values, and developed in accordance with the state curriculum guidelines.

SA has 33 Lutheran primary and secondary schools with 11,814 enrolments in 2010, an increase from 10,029 in 2005.

Lutheran schools director for SA, NT and WA Barry Kahl said about three-quarters of the students attending Lutheran schools in SA would not belong to the Lutheran Church.

Executive officer of Uniting Care, the Reverend Michaela Tiller, said South Australian Uniting Church schools had approximately 5500 students, about a 10 per cent increase from 2005.

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