- In recent International testing by PISA when it comes to problem solving, Indigenous students were more likely to be low performers, with 62% of Indigenous students recording low proficiency.
- On digital literacy, Indigenous students also report lower levels of belief in the importance of working with computers, signalling weaker understanding of the workforce of the future.
I’m going to call these stats for what they are; a joke.
To say I’m concerned is an understatement. To say I’m angry, yeah. But not even that describes it.
Pictured: us reading The New Basics report
Poor education is letting Indigenous young people down. And what are we doing about it?
We cannot wait any longer to invest in the future of our nations young Indigenous mob. We deserve to be afforded the same opportunities and prosperity that everyone else enjoys in this great country.
In 2015, the overall attendance rate for Indigenous students nationally was 83.7 per cent, compared with 93.1 per cent for non-Indigenous students.
Yes, there may have never been a more exciting time to be an Australian but let’s capitalise on this. Let’s deliver something that will start a revolution.
Why can’t we introduce a National Enterprise Skills Strategy as to allow for young people to begin learning the appropriate enterprise skills for the future, today.
When we have jobs of the future that demand enterprise skills 70% more than the jobs of the past, we need to do something. Houston, we have a problem every time we don’t talk about how we are going to set up young people with the right skills at school, now.
You can talk to anyone and they will tell you that education is the key to Closing the Gap. Let’s grasp this opportunity and build the problem solving, digital and financial literacy skills that our future economy is looking for and requires.
Until we do this, our education system is letting us down.
Kind Regards,
Your Every Day Citizen.
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