The federal government is offering million dollar grants to fund upgrades to remote school boarding facilities, but the principal of an Alice Springs school has questioned whether or not it’s enough.  Until August 9, funding of up to $10m per project ...

The 2024 federal budget contains A$110 million for Indigenous education. This includes funding for various different organisations to represent and help Indigenous people as well as scholarships in a bid to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous learning and ...

The Albanese government is under fire about why they have dashed the hopes of a desperately needed Aboriginal school in Alice Springs. The criticism comes a month after plans for two other boarding schools in East Arnhem Land in central ...

Australians want a fair and an equitable education system. We want a system where all students enjoy equal opportunities and experiences that will equip each of them to lead productive and purposeful lives. But this is not happening. Australia ranks ...

  Gawura School, co-located at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney, is a coeducational K-6 school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children primarily from urban areas. Although located on Gadigal Country, it teaches a highly successful Wiradjuri language program. ...

More indigenous students are staying on until Year 12 than ever before, new figures show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' annual report card on schools, released on Friday, shows the retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students rose ...

The number of Indigenous students finishing high school has been boosted by an innovative mentoring program. The aim of the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), supported by RMIT University, is to improve the chances of Indigenous youth finishing school. Recent ...