Surprise enrolment figure

By Elaine Hansen

Enrolments for 1966 at Victoria University so far total 4730. Late enrolments are still coming in, but these should not raise the figure significantly. This figure is to date 257 higher than the final figure for 1965.

For Some Years the enrolment figures have been approximate to the lower line of estimates formulated by the Education Department in 1960. Enrolment figures for 1966 were forecast to come within the range of 4970 to 5695. It was. however, never expected that the highest figure would be reached.

At the end of the first week of the first term this year, when the enrolment, figures totalled 4610. the percentage of science students was 21.5 per cent.

However. 23.1 per cent of the final figure of 4463 for 1985 was made up of science students. The range of nearly two per cent may be eliminated by the final figures.