The Northern Territory's school system has come under scrutiny, with claims that it's failing its students. An in-depth investigation by The Weekend Australian indicates that 20 per cent of schools receive insufficient funds. A startling 50 per cent of students in the Territory don't meet basic literacy and numeracy benchmarks. This figure is even more concerning among Indigenous students, reaching 85 per cent. In some remote Indigenous schools, teachers are present only once or twice weekly due to extreme neglect.
The Northern Territory's school system has come under scrutiny, with claims that it's failing its students.
An in-depth investigation by The Weekend Australian indicates that 20 per cent of schools receive insufficient funds. A startling 50 per cent of students in the Territory don't meet basic literacy and numeracy benchmarks.In some remote Indigenous schools, teachers are present only once or twice weekly due to extreme neglect.
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