No one from Nguiu has ever completed year 12 at school, let alone gone on to university. Trevor, told us School is about education and education is power for me. And there are a lot of things that I need to know about the whole world. When I leave school I might go to a university in Darwin, I want to be a scientist. In future I hope to be President of the Land Council.
Education is power personal and political.
That s why it s recognised as a human right. The Commission s National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education commenced in February 1999. The terms of reference directed the Inquiry to examine the provision of education for children in rural and remote Australia with reference to the availability and accessibility of both primary and secondary schooling the quality of educational services, including technological support services, and whether the education available to children with disabilities, Indigenous children and children from diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds complies with their human rights. The Inquiry visited 28 rural and remote communities in each State and the Northern Territory, taking evidence and holding discussions with students, teachers, administrators, parents and other community members. It also took formal evidence in every capital city and received 287 written submissions.