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Newslines Radio: Dare to Lead

Children and Schooling
Beach shore picture taken from above

All around Australia its dedicated parents, principals and teachers who are helping our children succeed.

Education is a powerful tool that can lead to greater opportunities and a better future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Newlines Radio looks at the Dare to Lead program and how some schools are doing things differently to make sure they educate and arm Indigenous students with knowledge and confidence so they have more opportunities and choices later in life.

In this program we talk to Martu man Associate Professor Bob Somerville AM from Western Australia who is a principal advisor for the Dare to Lead project.

Dare to Lead is a commonwealth funded national project with a focus on improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students

As well Buffie Punch form Yule Brook College in Perth spoke to Newslines about what the college is doing to encourage their Indigenous kids to keep up their school attendance.

The Australian Government recognises that schooling is one of the building blocks in the Closing the Gap strategy.

Find out more

Dare to Lead is a commonwealth funded national project with a focus on improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students.

Education is a central part of the Australian Government’s Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory strategy, with the School Enrolment and Attendance Measure (SEAM) introduced into selected schools throughout the Territory in 2009.

For more information on SEAM visit the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Read more about Stronger Futures in the NT.