Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Ministerial portfolios
The Department supports the ministerial portfolios of education, children and early childhood development, higher education and skills, and the teaching profession.
Departmental mission statement
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development exists to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. We do this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.
Departmental objectives, indicators and outputs
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s objectives, indicators and linked outputs are:
Departmental objectives / Objective Indicators / Outputs /Achievement
Raise standards of learning and development achieved by Victorians using education, development and child health services / Children developmentally ‘on track’ on the AEDI language and cognitive skills domains
Students meeting the expected standard in national and international literacy and numeracy assessments
VET course completions
Year 12 or equivalent completion rates of young people / Strategy, Review and Regulation
Early Childhood Development
School Education – Primary
School Education – Secondary
Support Services Delivery
Support for Students with Disabilities
Higher Education and Skills
Engagement
Increase the number of Victorians actively participating in education, development and child health services / Participation in a kindergarten service in the year before school
Participation in Maternal and Child Health Services
Students with acceptable levels of school attendance
Students with a positive opinion of their teachers providing a stimulating learning environment
VET enrolments by age and gender
VET enrolments by administrative regions / Strategy, Review and Regulation
Early Childhood Development
School Education – Primary
School Education – Secondary
Support Services Delivery
Support for Students with Disabilities
Higher Education and Skills
Wellbeing
Increase the contribution education, development and child health services make to good health and quality of life of Victorians, particularly children and young people / Children developmentally ‘on track’ on the AEDI social competence and emotional maturity domains
Students feeling connected to their school
Students with a positive opinion about their school providing a safe and orderly environment for learning
Level of student satisfaction with VET / Strategy, Review and Regulation
Early Childhood Development
School Education – Primary
School Education – Secondary
Support Services Delivery
Support for Students with Disabilities
Higher Education and Skills
Productivity
Increase the economic and social return on expenditure on DEECD’s services. / Enrolments by skills shortage category courses
Enrolments by specialised category courses / Strategy, Review and Regulation
Early Childhood Development
School Education – Primary
School Education – Secondary
Support Services Delivery
Support for Students with Disabilities
Higher Education and Skills
Source: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Changes to the output structure
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development reviews its output structure and performance measures regularly to ensure they continue to align with and support its objectives.
There are no changes to the Department’s output structure for 201314.
The following table summarises the Department’s total output cost by output group and by output for the School Education output group:
Table2.2: Output summary
($million)
201213 / 201213 / 201314 / Variation (a)Budget / Revised / Budget / %
Strategy, Review and Regulation (b) / 116.5 / 118.5 / 99.9 / 14.2
Early Childhood Development (c) / 507.0 / 542.6 / 543.0 / 7.1
School Education
School Education – Primary (d) / 4 013.3 / 4 028.0 / 4 072.7 / 1.5
School Education – Secondary (e) / 3 456.0 / 3 462.8 / 3 507.7 / 1.5
Higher Education and Skills (f) / 2 437.7 / 2 450.2 / 2 268.2 / 7.0
Support Services Delivery (g) / 303.6 / 311.8 / 297.2 / 2.1
Support for Students with Disabilities (h) / 712.9 / 728.7 / 773.6 / 8.5
Total (i) / 11 547.0 / 11 642.6 / 11 562.3 / 0.1
Source: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Notes:
(a) Variation between 201213 budget and 201314 budget.
(b) The lower 201314 Budget primarily reflects a decrease in Commonwealth National Partnership funding as well as the implementation of productivity efficiencies.
(c) The higher 201314 budget primarily reflects new funding approvals and price escalation.
(d) The higher 201314 budget primarily reflects new funding approvals and price escalation.
(e) The higher 201314 budget primarily reflects new funding approvals and price escalation.
(f) The lower 201314 Budget primarily reflects the funding profile of the Refocusing Vocational Education in Victoria initiative announced in the 201213 Budget.
(g) The lower 201314 Target primarily reflects the changes to the conveyance allowance and Education Maintenance Allowance.
(h) The higher 201314 budget primarily reflects growth in the number of eligible students and increased delivery costs.
(i) The relatively stable 201314 budget primarily reflects approved funding held within contingency, decreases in Commonwealth funding, completion of fixedterm initiatives and implementation of productivity efficiencies. The 201213 revised budget and the 201314 budget do not capture enrolment based growth funding for Kindergartens, Schools and the Skills sectors of which the Department is funded on actual enrolment growth calculated at the end of each financial year.
Amounts available
The following tables detail the amounts available to the Department from Parliamentary authority and income generated through transactions.
Table2.3 outlines the Department’s income from transactions and Table2.4 summarises the sources of Parliamentary authority available to the Department to fund the provision of outputs, additions to the net asset base and payments made on behalf of the State.
Table2.3: Income from transactions
($million)
201112 / 201213 / 201213 / 201314Actual / Budget / Revised / Budget
Output appropriations / 10 185.9 / 10 303.7 / 10 266.2 / 10 236.2
Special appropriations / 31.0 / 0.3 / 18.5 / 26.5
Interest / 61.2 / 47.5 / 48.3 / 46.1
Sale of goods and services / 707.4 / 761.8 / 776.3 / 816.1
Grants / 94.7 / 80.9 / 80.9 / 67.1
Fair value of assets and services received free of charge or for nominal consideration / .. / .. / .. / ..
Other income / 503.6 / 533.0 / 531.8 / 544.9
Total income from transactions / 11 583.8 / 11 727.2 / 11 722.0 / 11 736.7
Sources: Departments of Education and Early Childhood Development and Treasury and Finance
Table2.4: Parliamentary authority for resources
($million)
201213 / 201213 / 201314Budget / Revised / Budget
Annual appropriations / 9 546.0 / 9 504.6 / 9 603.8
Provision of outputs / 9 546.0 / 9 503.6 / 9 603.8
Additions to the net asset base / .. / 1.0 / ..
Receipts credited to appropriations / 685.6 / 733.2 / 667.4
Unapplied previous years appropriation / 209.9 / 153.8 / 43.1
Provision of outputs / 141.3 / 119.7 / 43.1
Additions to the net asset base / 68.6 / 34.0 / ..
Accumulated surplus – previously applied appropriation / .. / 98.7 / ..
Gross annual appropriation / 10 441.5 / 10 490.3 / 10 314.2
Special appropriations / 0.3 / 18.5 / 26.5
Trust funds / 2 376.2 / 2 354.5 / 2 533.9
Total parliamentary authority / 12 817.9 / 12 863.3 / 12 874.6
Source: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Department of Treasury and Finance
Strategy, Review and Regulation
This 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.
Major Outputs/DeliverablesPerformance measures / Unit of
Measure / 201314 Target / 201213 Expected Outcome / 201213 Target / 201112 Actual
Strategy, Review and Regulation
This output provides Departmentwide policy, administrative and strategic advice as well as research and economic analysis, planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluations. It also covers administrative functions and the responsibilities of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority.
Quality
Stakeholder satisfaction with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority and its services / per cent / 60 / 63 / 60 / nm
This performance measure relates to the calendar year.
Quantity
Participants benefiting from initiatives to increase the supply of trained/qualified teachers / number / 640 / 640 / 640 / 637
The 201112 Actual includes participants benefiting from the Teach for Australia program. The 201314 Target includes Languages Teaching Scholarships.
This performance measure supports the Ministerial portfolio responsible for the teaching profession.
Cost
Total output cost / number (million) / 99.9 / 118.5 / 116.5 / 103.7
The lower 201314 Target primarily reflects a decrease in Commonwealth National Partnership funding as well as the implementation of productivity efficiencies.
Source: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
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 output group and its outputs contribute towards providing and improving services to support all the Department’s objectives of achievement, engagement, wellbeing and productivity.
Major Outputs/DeliverablesPerformance measures / Unit of
Measure / 201314 Target / 201213 Expected Outcome / 201213 Target / 201112 Actual /
Early Childhood Development
This output involves the provision of kindergarten and children’s services. Services include the monitoring of education and care services and specialist services to improve access to kindergartens for disadvantaged children. It also includes communitybased maternal and child health services available to all families with children aged 0–6 years. This output provides developmental health surveillance, early intervention, parenting support and health education. It also includes a range of services and support for children with a developmental delay or disability and their families.
Quality
Families who are satisfied with the Early Childhood Intervention Services provided / per cent / 90 / 90 / 85 / 95
The higher 201314 Target is due to the sustained achievement above previous target.
Funded kindergarten services assessed under the National Quality Framework that have a quality assurance process / per cent / 100 / 100 / 100 / 97.6
This performance measure relates to the calendar year.
Quantity
Children funded to participate in kindergarten / number / 71000 / 72993 / 68750 / 70953
This performance measure includes second year participants.
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target due to population increase and reflects the highquality service offering. The 201314 Target has been adjusted accordingly.
Kindergarten participation rate / per cent / 95 / 97.9 / 93.5 / 94.6
This performance measure relates to the calendar year.
This performance measure excludes second year participants.
The higher 201314 Target aligns with the National Partnership for Early Childhood Education target of 95per cent of children accessing a kindergarten program in the year prior to school, and reflects the highquality service offering.
Maternal and child health clients with children aged 0 to 1 year receiving enhanced maternal and child health services / per cent / 10 / 15 / 10 / 16.9
The 201112 Actual is different to the corresponding 201112 Actual in the DEECD Annual Report 201112, as the final 201112 results were not available at the time of Annual Report publication.
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target and the 201112 Actual due to municipal councils providing services above the target cohort, and increases in birth rates.
Number of Early Childhood Intervention Service places and packages funded annually / number / 11258 / 10758 / 10325 / 10325
The higher 201314 Target reflects additional funding provided to increase the number of Early Childhood Intervention Service (ECIS) places.
This performance measure refers to both ECIS Places and Flexible Support Packages.
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target due to additional allocation of ECIS places in201213.
Total number of Maternal and Child Health Service clients (aged 0 to 1 year) / number / 73000 / 73000 / 70000 / 73844
The 201112 Actual is different to the corresponding 201112 Actual in the DEECD Annual Report 201112, as the final 201112 results were not available at the time of Annual Report publication.
The higher 201314 Target is due to sustained population increases.
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target due to sustained population increases.
Total number of children receiving Early Childhood Intervention Services / number / 14000 / 13500 / 12650 / 13460
The 201112 Actual is different to the corresponding 201112 Actual in the DEECD Annual Report 201112, as the final 201112 results were not available at the time of Annual Report publication.
The higher 201314 Target reflects additional funding provided to increase the number of ECIS places and continued growth in the number of children receiving ECIS.
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target due to additional funding in 201213 and continued growth in the number of children receiving ECIS.
Timeliness
Children aged 0 to 1 month enrolled at maternal and child health services from birth notifications / per cent / 98.5 / 99 / 98.5 / 99.3
The 201112 Actual is different to the corresponding 201112 Actual in the DEECD Annual Report 201112, as the final 201112 results were not available at the time of Annual Report publication.
Cost
Total output cost / number (million) / 543 / 542.6 / 507 / 372.4
The 201213 Expected Outcome is higher than the 201213 Target primarily due to anticipated increases in Commonwealth National Partnership spending.
The 201314 Target is higher than the 201213 Target primarily due to new funding approvals and price escalation.
Source: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
School Education
The school education output group consists of two outputs. The School Education – Primary output provides services to develop essential skills and learning experiences to engage young minds in the primary sector. The School Education – Secondary output delivers services to consolidate literacy and numeracy competencies including creative and critical thinking, as well as physical, social, emotional and intellectual development in adolescence. It also provides education services as well as varied pathways and support for transition across sectors to further study or employment. This output group contributes towards providing and improving services to support all the Department’s objectives of achievement, engagement, wellbeing and productivity.