New teachers complement Closing the Gap
Source: NT. Minister for Employment, Education and Training. Media Release
"The Northern Territory Government is advertising for an extra 50 teachers to work in remote schools to address Indigenous disadvantage in education. Education Minister Marion Scrymgour said the additional teachers were part of the extra 200 committed by the Rudd Government before the last Federal election and complemented measures introduced under the Territory Government’s Closing the Gap package. Ms Scrymgour said under Closing the Gap there will be additional teachers, classrooms and teacher accommodation put in place.
We are working with the Commonwealth to improve education outcomes in our remote communities,” Ms Scrymgour said. We already have six mobile teachers in place to respond to any increases in attendance."