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Students head to summer school
Students Anton Solomon and Paul Murde are from Horn Island in the Torres Strait, just north of Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland. Anton and Paul attend Tagai State College on Thursday Island and have to travel by ferry to get there each day. While other young people spend their holidays swimming and fishing, Paul […]
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More than meets the eye
Day 1 Day one was great! We were visiting Parliament House today and meeting our Members of Parliament to find out a bit more about their job. As we all arrived, we were seated in the House of Representatives and we listened as our guide explained how parliament works. Next we listened to a few […]
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Creative Change winners announced
Over 30,000 school students got involved in this year’s Generation One Creative Change competition. now in its third year, the competition has been a big hit with students and schools with $15,000 prize money up for the winning entries. To enter, students performed two songs and recorded them. In the primary division, students were asked […]
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Indigenous students head to Canberra
Close to 150 of tomorrow’s leaders from across Australia gathered at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra last month to continue their academic and leadership journey at the 2012 indigenous youth leadership program’s (IYLP) year 10 national student gathering. The Year 10 Gathering happens annually as part of the IYLP Scholarship funded by […]
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Talk about recognition at your school
As Australians, we pride ourselves on our values of fairness and equality, but our founding document, the Australian Constitution does not recognise the unique contribution that our First Peoples have made to our nation. As our country grows and changes over time, our laws and foundations need to shift a little to develop with us. […]
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School’s in
Providing Aboriginal students with the opportunity for a holistic education is a core value of Guildford Grammar school in Perth, WA. The program has been formally running since 2005, though the school has been taking Indigenous students for about a decade. “It really is at the core of everything the school does – it’s not […]
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Bound For Adventure
Recently, 27 indigenous students, from the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation’s partner schools across NSW and QLD, took on a week-long outward bound wilderness adventure in the Namadgi national park, act. The students came back raving about how many new friends they made and how much they learnt. Taking students away from their usual environment and […]
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Changing Places
Moving away from home for the first time for many young people can be really exciting, but not knowing anyone in a new town can also be pretty daunting. Having to support yourself financially and study without family support can be even tougher. The Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (IYMP) makes the transition of moving from […]
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Fast Track to the Big Stage
You only need to look at the recent success of Aboriginal opera singer Deborah Cheetham, the movie Bran Nue Dae, and chart-toppers Dan Sultan, Jessica Mauboy and Gurrumul to know Indigenous performers are making their mark on the local and international stage like never before. To help usher in our next generation of performance stars, […]
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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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Bilingual education phased out in six months
Moves to effectively scrap bilingual education in the state will begin within six months according to a Northern Territory schools official. Widespread opposition forced the NT government to back down on the controversial policy late last year. Former Education Minister Marion Scrymgour however gave the policy the green light last month and announced a years […]
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Power Cup bigger in 09
Three hundred students from ten South Australian schools will participate in the second annual Aboriginal Power Cup this year with the Grand Final to be held on August 29. The Cup is a joint initiative of the Attorney-General’s Department and the Port Adelaide Football Club with support from the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy […]
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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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Dodson launches education campaign
Professor Mick Dodson has spoken about his passion to improve the education of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students during an emotional address to the National Press Club yesterday. The 2009 Australian of the Year promised to devote his one-year tenure to campaign for all Australian children to be “geared up and ready to go” for […]
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