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Tasmania's education system offers academic, personal development and social instruction to all ages.
Schooling is compulsory from age six to 16. The state has 218 public schools and colleges, offering primary and secondary education and schooling for students with disabilities. The Tasmanian Open Learning Service caters for students who live in rural and remote areas of the state or are educated at home for other reasons. The public system is complemented by a long-standing private school system.
The University of Tasmania has campuses in Hobart, in the South, Launceston, in the North, and Burnie, on the North-West Coast. Its student population of more than 13,000 has the option of studying traditional courses and those matched to Tasmania's characteristics, such as Antarctic and Southern Ocean studies, agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, mining, forestry and environment and wilderness studies.
The Australian Maritime College, near Launceston, is the nation's leading specialist in study relating to the shipping and fisheries industries. The college is a national centre for research and development and attracts students from throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
TAFE Tasmania is part of a national system that provides technical and further education and training. The institute has campuses in the North, South and North-West.
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