Rural and Remote Education - NT

Rural and Remote

Education - NT

Public Hearing in Darwin NT

- 10 May 1999

Witnesses giving

evidence in Darwin were

1. Margot Ford, Lecturer,

   Faculty of Education, Northern Territory University: bilingual education;

   racism in schools; access to secondary education; school discipline;

   human rights education; tolerance; anti-racism programs

2. Peter Toyne, Shadow

   Minister for Education and Training, NT Legislative Assembly: Indigenous

   education; remote area education models; technology; students with disabilities;

   post school options; staff turnover; staff support

3. Sister Anne Gardiner:

   bilingual education; Indigenous education; social and cultural pressures

4. Dr Michael Christie,

   Northern Territory University: bilingual education; Indigenous education;

   information technology

5. Bill Griffiths,

   Director of Catholic Education (NT): Catholic education; Indigenous

   education; rural education funding; education costs; professional support

   for staff; staff development; students with disabilities; staff recruitment

   and turnover; bilingual education

6. John Sheldon,

   Legal Policy Manager, North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service:

   impact of NT laws

7. Katherine Henderson,

   Deputy Secretary, Northern Territory Department of Education, with Peter

   Jones also of the Department: structural changes in the NT Department;

   Indigenous education; bilingual education; information technology; remote

   student access to secondary education; students with disabilities

8. Rosalind Djuwandayngu:

   bi-cultural education; teacher housing; remote school facilities; students

   with disabilities; social and cultural pressures; teacher training;

   secondary age remote students; students with disabilities

9. Dr Dennis Griffith,

   Australian Rural Education Research Association: definitions and disadvantage;

   service benchmarks; language proficiency

10. Robert Laird,

    President, NT branch, Australian Education Union with Lisa Heap, federal

    Women's Officer: retention rates; education funding; Indigenous education;

    remote area staffing issues; bilingual education; staffing formula;

    women teachers; professional development; female students; students

    with disabilities and other disadvantages; professional support for

    staff

11. Joseph Brown,

    Beverley Angeles and Maria Stephens, Indigenous Education Council: access

    for Indigenous students in Central Australia; bilingual education; school

    funding; income support; Indigenous education; secondary education access

    in remote areas; students with disabilities; Abstudy

12. Veronica Arbon,

    Assistant Director, David McClay, Deputy Director and Ron Watt, Head

    of School and Education Studies, Batchelor College: education outcomes;

    Abstudy; funding; teacher training; adult education; bilingual education;

    employment conditions; students with disabilities; Both Ways; remote

    community study centres.

PDF

(285K),

Word

(313K)

Last

updated 2 December 2001.