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Indigenous students struggling in remote schools

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sydney : Australia | 3 months ago

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Only about 10 per cent of Indigenous year nine students in very remote schools meet national standards for reading and writing in English, according to the Northern Territory Education Department. In contrast, the Federal Government says around the nation 90 per cent of students are meeting the minimum...

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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months ago

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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months ago

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News Source: The Courier-Mail | 3 months ago

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News Source: The Age | 3 months ago

But it's not fair to compare the results of the NT students with the rest of the nation, he said. "To compare the performance of the territory as a whole, with 33 per cent of our students indigenous and 80 per cent of those students in very remote...