Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness (ASSPA)
Under the Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness (ASSPA)
programme, per capita funding is available to Committees comprising:
- the parents of Indigenous preschool
- primary and secondary school students
- representatives of their preschool or school; and
- community representatives.
These Committees decide on and undertake activities, which will
enhance educational outcomes for Indigenous children, and which
involve Indigenous parents in educational decision-making.
The objectives of ASSPA are to:
- increase the participation
in education and attendance of Indigenous youth of compulsory
school age;
- encourage the establishment
of effective arrangements at the local level for the
participation of Indigenous parents and community members in
decisions regarding the delivery of preschool, primary and
secondary educational services to their children;
- promote increased awareness
and involvement of Indigenous parents in the education of their
children;
- develop the responsiveness
of schools and their staff to the educational needs and
aspirations of Indigenous students;
- encourage the participation
and attendance of Indigenous children in preschool education
programmes; and
- achieve the adequate
preparation of Indigenous children through preschool education
for their future education.
Check if the school that your child attends has an ASSPA
committee and become involved. If you are interested in
starting an ASSPA committee in a school where there isn’t one
operating please contact the Tasmanian
Indigenous Education Unit on Toll free number 1800 242451 and we
can assist you.
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