Appendix 4 - Responses to letters sent to state and
territory Departments of Education
On 3 August 2006 the
Committee wrote to state and territory Departments of Education, asking them a
number of questions in relation to physical activity programs in schools. The
questions were as follows:
- what physical
education classes are required and what are available (but non-compulsory), in
each year of school;
- what proportion
of physical education classes are required to involve exercise activity
- what school sport
during regular school hours is required, and what is available (but
non-compulsory), in each year of school;
- what other
obligations are there to participate in school-organised sporting activity
outside regular school hours;
- in each of the
above cases, what is included in the meaning of sport, physical activity or
exercise;
- in each of the
above cases, who determines whether schools and students are complying with the
relevant policy; and
- does the
regulation of any of the above matters vary according to the type of school
(for example, public, Catholic or other private).
Attached are responses
received by the Committee by the time of tabling of this report. Responses from
states and territories can also be found on the Committee's website. (See PDF version for the attachments)
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