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Funding granted for aboriginal education

 

Both the Woy Woy and Umina Brisbane Water Secondary College campuses will receive funding for Aboriginal Education projects, according to Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd.

Mr Lloyd recently announced that $54,000 had been approved for five Indigenous education projects in the local area, under the Australian Government's Whole of School Intervention Strategy.

Under the strategy, Woy Woy Campus will receive $4000 for a homework centre, while Umina Campus will receive $10,000 for a bush tucker café and Ettalong Public School will receive $35,000 for a Partners in Learning program.

Other schools to receive funding included Gosford and Terrigal Public School.

"The Whole of School Intervention Strategy focuses on the implementation of creative approaches to improving educational outcome of Indigenous school students," Mr Lloyd said.

"The program encourages schools, indigenous parents and communities to work together in partnership to improve indigenous students' attendance, literacy and numeracy skills, retention from Years 10 to 12 and Year 12 results.

"Indigenous education is major priority of the Australian Government and this is one example of the improvements that have been made to assist in improving educational outcomes for indigenous students", said Mr Lloyd.

Press release, July 15 Cassandra Richardson, Office of Jim Lloyd MP