Open AccessAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Author(s) -
David Emmanuel Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of critical indigenous studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1837-0144
DOI - 10.5204/ijcis.v5i2.90
Subject(s) - indigenous , closing (real estate) , government (linguistics) , political science , indigenous education , economic growth , sociology , law , ecology , biology , linguistics , philosophy , economics
Australian education systems have long been challenged by the gap between Indigenous and nonIndigenous student outcomes. All levels of Australian government, as well as Indigenous leaders and educators, however, continue to meet the challenge through exhortation, strategies and targets. The most prominent of such strategies is ‘Closing the Gap’, which gives practical expression to the Australian Government’s commitment to measurably improving the lives of Indigenous Australians, especially Indigenous children.