NSW
Currently there is an estimated short fall of about a 1,000 Hindu Special Religious Education teachers in NSW.
2017 Statistics
In the enrollment year 2107, there were about 20,000 Hindu students in NSW out of a total of 755,000 student in 2,160 schools, making 2.64% of all students. Buddhists had about 15,000 and Muslims about 50,000 while Sikhs and Jains together had only just over 2,300 students enrolled in public schools.
Of the 2,160 schools, 1,600 were Primary schools and about 400 Secondary schools, rest being others. About 140 Primary schools out of 1,600 have six or more Hindu students, many having more than 200 students. Of 400 secondary schools, about 140 have more than six students with some having numbers in hundreds.
Schools with more than 200 Hindu students :
| Name | Type | postcode | operational_directorate | principal_network | Total Studen ts | Number of Hindu Students | % Hindus |
| Westmead Public School | Primary School | 2145 | Macquarie Park | Holroyd | 1441 | 920 | 64 |
| Girraween Public School | Primary School | 2145 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 1134 | 777 | 69 |
| Parramatta Public School | Primary School | 2150 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 910 | 416 | 46 |
| Matthew Pearce Public School | Primary School | 2153 | Macquarie Park | The Hills | 1395 | 341 | 24 |
| Parramatta High School | Secondary School | 2150 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 858 | 320 | 37 |
| Blacktown South Public School | Primary School | 2148 | Macquarie Park | Nirimba | 1007 | 306 | 30 |
| Rosehill Public School | Primary School | 2142 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 664 | 304 | 46 |
| Girraween High School | Secondary School | 2145 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 759 | 297 | 39 |
| Macarthur Girls High School | Secondary School | 2150 | Macquarie Park | Parramatta | 1013 | 297 | 29 |
| Wentworthville Public School | Primary School | 2145 | Macquarie Park | Holroyd | 524 | 293 | 56 |
| Darcy Road Public School | Primary School | 2145 | Macquarie Park | Holroyd | 654 | 284 | 43 |
| Penrith High School | Secondary School | 2750 | Macquarie Park | Penrith | 930 | 274 | 29 |
| Cherrybrook Technology High School | Secondary School | 2126 | Macquarie Park | Dural | 1930 | 250 | 13 |
| Baulkham Hills High School | Secondary School | 2153 | Macquarie Park | The Hills | 1213 | 229 | 19 |
| Quakers Hill Public School | Primary School | 2763 | Macquarie Park | The Hills | 956 | 223 | 23 |
| Riverbank Public School | Primary School | 2769 | Macquarie Park | The Hills | 811 | 221 | 27 |
| Macquarie Fields High School | Secondary School | 2564 | Ultimo | Glenfield | 1109 | 205 | 18 |
There are no reliable numbers available as to how many of these schools and students are actually getting Hindu SRE education. But it is estimated that with a maximum class size of 20, about 1,200 Hindu SRE teachers are needed where as only about two hundred teachers have been trained so far by four SRE providers namely, VHP, Chinmaya Mission, Saiva Manram and J.E.T.
Currently there is a short fall of about a 1,000 Hindu SRE teachers in NSW.
(source: Based on Department of Education NSW and on Hindu Council’s research)
