DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION

Abbreviations and acronyms

AAS Australian Accounting Standards
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACE adult and community education
AEIFRS Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards
AEYLO Aboriginal Early Year Learning Officers
ATO Australian Taxation Office
CASL Council of Australian State Libraries
CELO Centre for Extended Learning Opportunities
CIP Capital Investment Program
CLAF Crown Lands Administrative Fund
CPI Consumer Price Index
DoE Department of Education
ELFA Essential Learnings for All
ESIF Economic and Social Infrastructure Fund
ESL English as a second language
FTE full-time equivalent
GST goods and services tax
ICT information and communications technologies
IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards
IT information technology
ITAB Industry Training Advisory Board
K Kindergarten
LINC Learning and Information Network Centre
MARBLE Mathematical Foundation for an Innovative Australia within Reform-Based Learning Environments
MARSSS Managing and Retaining Secondary Students at School
MDT Materials, design and technology
N/A not available
OAC online access centre
OPCET Office of Post-Compulsory Education and Training
P Preparatory
PCs personal computers
SARIS student assessment and reporting information system
SILLiSS Supporting Intercultural Language Learning in Secondary Schools
SIR SIR school improvement review
SLAT State Library and Archives Trust
SOSE Studies of Society and Environment
SPA Superannuation Provision Account
SRB Schools Registration Board
TAFE Technical and further education
TALIS Tasmanian automated library and information system
TCCI Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
TCO Tasmanian Communities Online
TGCC Tasmanian Government Credit Cards
THEAC Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council
TIAG TASTA Industry Advisory Group
TLAB Tasmanian Library Advisory Board
TLSA Tasmanian Learning and Skills Authority
TMAG Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
TQA Tasmanian Qualifications Authority
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
VET vocational education and trainin