Media Release
Indigenous teaching scholarships and cadetships available for 2008
27 December 2007
Indigenous Territorians considering a career as a teacher are encouraged to apply for scholarships and cadetships that provide financial and study support.
The Department of Employment, Education and Training Chief Executive Margaret Banks said the More Indigenous Teachers Plan is aimed at supporting Indigenous people to train as teachers.
The plan includes the Wesley Lanhupuy Remote Teacher Cadetships, announced this year, which will provide opportunities specifically for remote Indigenous Year 12 graduates to undertake teacher education from 2008.
One of this year’s Indigenous teaching graduates, Alma Smith, is looking forward to continuing her work at Woolianna School next year. She said that she loves her life as a teacher and recommends it to anyone who believes that education is important.
“Having an Indigenous cadetship allowed me to concentrate on my study without worrying about needing to work to supplement my family income as this came from the program’s living allowance,” said Ms Smith.
The department developed the scholarship and cadetship program in collaboration with the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
The support packages provide a weekly living allowance, book allowance, tertiary study reimbursements and a paid 12-week work-based placement for Indigenous Territorians studying to be teachers at Charles Darwin University or the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education.
For more information visit www.indigenousteacher.nt.gov.au.
Applications close Friday 18 January 2008.