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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 625

International Year of the Worlds

Indigenous Peoples - Narrabundah-Griffith

Primary School

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 23 March 1993:

In relation to the February 1993 issue of Feedback, the newsletter of the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations Inc. and the comments (p. 3) that:

If the Governments social justice policy and its support for the International Year of Indigenous Peoples (IYIP) is to mean anything but mere rhetoric then Griffith school. is the exemplary case for such action in the ACT."

(1) What relevance does the IYIP have to the closure of Griffith Primary School.

(2) How many children of Aboriginal descent were enrolled at Griffith Primary School in 1993.

(3) Was Griffith Primary School running special or additional programs pertaining to indigenous peoples and/or receiving special funding or resources for that purpose.

(4) Where will these children now attend school following Griffith Primary School closure.

MR WOOD - the answer to Mr Cornwells question is:

(1) The relevance for Narrabundah/Griffith Primary School is that the school may establish an Aboriginal Cultural Centre with a focus on aboriginal studies within its curriculum. Sources of funding are currently being investigated. The closure of Griffith campus has placed this issue high on the schools agenda.

(2) 21 Aboriginal students in 1993.

(3) 1992

Aboriginal mentor - 18 hours per week at Griffith.

Full time aboriginal education assistant based at Griffith.

Full time aboriginal education assistant at

Narrabundah.

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