Newslines Radio: Education for a Stronger Future in the NT – part one
Through Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory, the Australian Government has made a 10 year commitment to support Aboriginal communities throughout the NT in areas people said are most important to them.
Through Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory, the Australian Government has made a 10 year commitment to support Aboriginal communities throughout the NT in areas people said are most important to them.
Many Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory have said they want their children get a good education; that parents should be responsible for sending their children to school every day; and that children also need good teachers.
As part of Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory, support for parents and grandparents to get their children to school, and help make many remote NT schools even better will be provided. More teachers will also be put into remote schools and local people will be trained for jobs in education.
In this Newslines Radio program we spoke to prominent members in the Tiwi Islands and the Beswick community in the NT about why they think schooling and education is important for their children and grandchildren.
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Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory is a $3.4 billion investment and responds directly to what Aboriginal people told the Government was important to them.
Stronger Futures is directed to improving the lives of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, particularly those living in remote communities and town camps, who experience much higher levels of disadvantage than anywhere else in Australia.