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NT government sticks to hardline school policies despite attendance slipping
Key takeaways
- Aboriginal school attendance rates in the Northern Territory dropped to an average of 57 per cent in term one.
- Just over half of all Aboriginal students in the Northern Territory are attending school, with newly released data revealing woeful school attendance rates have worsened.
- That is despite the NT's Country Liberal Party (CLP) government investing more than $20 million in trying to get children to school, including the reintroduction of truancy officers.
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Aboriginal school attendance rates in the Northern Territory dropped to an average of 57 per cent in term one. (Facebook: NT Department of Education)
Just over half of all Aboriginal students in the Northern Territory are attending school, with newly released data revealing woeful school attendance rates have worsened.
That is despite the NT's Country Liberal Party (CLP) government investing more than $20 million in trying to get children to school, including the reintroduction of truancy officers.
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