The aim of the Indigenous education programmes is to accelerate improvements in education outcomes for Indigenous people. Despite improvements over the past decade, unacceptable disadvantage remains. Gaps persist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous student outcomes across the education and training sectors. The Australian Government’s Indigenous education and training programmes are supplementary to mainstream funding, and are intended for strategic interventions that will accelerate improvements in Indigenous student learning outcomes.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP) is Australia’s national policy on Indigenous education. The policy features 21 national goals for Indigenous education and training which were endorsed by all Australian governments when the policy was launched in 1989. The overarching objective is to bring about equity in education and training outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
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