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Skills for healthy living on the menu at kids caf¨¦
Aboriginal children at Port Lincoln Primary School are learning to cook healthy food for family and friends in a café setting. The Nunga Kids Café focuses on good nutrition in a practical way, showing students how to prepare good food in a family and community environment. Port Lincoln Aboriginal Medical Service started the program, intending […]
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Student demand grows for Aboriginal workshops
The National Apology has had far-reaching impacts on the education of young Australians about Indigenous peoples. The Apology and its anniversary have sparked the curiosity of students and they are asking many more questions, according to Sharon Williams, Managing Director of cultural group Thulli Dreaming. “I’d say demand for our schools workshops has increased XX […]
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Youth wanted for YAC
Young advisors are sought for the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence. The National Centre for Indigenous Excellence Centre (NCIE) will open later this year and young people in Sydney from 12 to 18-years-old are encouraged to be involved in the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). The NCIE, on the site of the old Redfern Public School, […]
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Educators have created Indigenous underclass, says Sarra
Dr Chris Sarra has taken a swipe at teachers for expecting less of their Aboriginal pupils. Dr Sarra is the director of the Indigenous Education Leadership Institute in Queensland and has just completed a review of education in the Northern Territory. He believes that the Territory’s Education Department has inadvertently created an underclass. He says […]
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New program to keep teachers
A new program aimed at reducing the high turnover of teachers in remote Indigenous areas in the Northern Territory has been formally launched. Non-indigenous teachers brought in to work in remote areas, such as Murrupurtiyanuwu Primary School on Bathurst Island, north of Darwin, usually only stay for about 15 months. The Northern Territory Catholic Education […]
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Increase in Indig retention
A rise in the number of Indigenous students reaching year 12 is proof that the Government is on the right track in halving the education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2020, says Education Minister Julia Gillard. Figures released by The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday reveal that the number of Indigenous students […]
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Aboriginal Education Training Unit
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104) TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute, Aboriginal Unit is offering the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. The course is designed for people who are required by their workplace to develop skills in the delivery of training and assessment programs as well […]
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Jacks road to success
His own life experiences are the inspiration for Jack Manning-Bancroft’s plans for maximising Indigenous student retention across the nation. There is a simple clarity and matter-of-factness about everything Jack Manning-Bancroft says and does that is at the heart of his youthful success. The son of Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft and actor/playwright Ned Manning was fortunate […]
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Minister outlines new education measures
Principals across the Northern Territory have received a letter from Education Minister Marion Scrymgour outlining several new measures aimed at improving the states disturbing literacy and numeracy results. As part of the Ministers expectations for 2009, all schools must maintain at least 90 percent attendance rates. Other measures include a strengthening of “performance management processes” […]
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Gov rolls out school attendance program
The Rudd government is hoping to boost school enrollment and attendance in some Indigenous communities by introducing a controversial new program linking school attendance to welfare quarantining. A trial of the program is being rolled out in the Northern Territory and will require parents on welfare from six remote Aboriginal communities to tell Centrelink where […]
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Leading from the Land
Indigenous rangers are on the frontline of environmental protection in some of our most remote regions. There is a school of thought that says leaders are made, not born, but David Claudie believes birthright based on land connection is central to Indigenous leadership. “My leadership comes from my great grandfather,” says the Kaanju man from […]
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The Right Start
Families and school “learning together” at Challis Students of the Kartajin Danjoo learning centre in Western Australia put their linguistic skills and vocal chords to the test recently, at the Challis Early Childhood Education Centre’s end of term assembly. Children as young as four performed Noongar language songs for their school and parents, finishing with […]
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Top Teachers
Teachers are so important, and they deserve our recognition and our thanks for all their hard work. Last month, some very special teachers were presented with National Awards for Quality Schooling by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard MP. These annual awards recognise and reward teachers, principals, and support […]
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Indigenous health scholarships on offer
Royal College of Nursing, Australia is proud to act as the fund administrator for this scholarship scheme funded through the Department of Health and Ageing. The Scheme was established in recognition of Dr Arnold (‘Puggy’) Hunter’s significant contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and in his previous role as Chair of the National […]
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Giving Something Back
AMA Indigenous Scholarship winner has her eye on community health. A medical student with a passion for improving health in remote communities has won the AMA Indigenous Peoples’ Medical Scholarship for 2008. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, awarded the scholarship to Gemma Johnston, a medical student at the University of Western Australia, on Wednesday, May […]
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Dreamtime Launch
Giving our kids a sporting chance. The Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion Julia Gillard has announced 11 new Sporting Chance Projects that will be commencing in 2008. Through the Sporting Chance program, the Government provides funding to projects which use sport as a way to improve the educational outcomes of […]
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