Some Aboriginal students find it difficult moving from school to the work place.
Factors such as a shortage of jobs, employer expectations, fellow workers' attitudes, a lack of academic and skill support for those doing apprenticeships are often present in the work field. There are other pressures such as peer group pressures, lack of family support, family obligations and ceremonies. There are colleges and institutions where Aboriginal students do better than others. While TAFE is set up for mature age students they, and other tertiary colleges, often attract younger people who have left school and who am attracted by the less restrictive environment, being with their own people and being in a course specifically designed for Aboriginal people. In these cases it is apparent that there are a large number of Aboriginal students who are seeking further education but who wish it to be in an environment which recognises and respects their Aboriginality.