Education. Targets. The Conversation - Education Equity. Australia’s appalling record of equity in education has once again been confirmed in the latest Closing the Gap report. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the report’s dismal findings present an opportunity to “recommit to achieving equality of opportunity for all Australians”. But first we must agree on what we mean by “equality”. Is equality in education achieved by giving everybody the same thing? Or is it achieved by giving everybody what they need in order to achieve the same outcome? The latter is the premise of the now-defunct Gonski model of education funding – where each student is given what they need in order to achieve, and that means some students would be given more because they need more.
However, the current government is instead pursuing a model of educational equality where everyone is given the same. What could be fairer than that, right? This commonsense logic falls apart in the application. A long history of inequity Why do we have this achievement gap? Close the gap report. Kakadu National Park. Our land has a big story. Sometimes we tell a little bit at a time. Come and hear our stories, see our land. A little bit might stay in your hearts. If you want more, you come back. About Kakadu Located 240 kilometres east of Darwin in Australia’s tropical north, Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest terrestrial national park.
Culture Kakadu is considered a living cultural landscape. World Heritage listing The extraordinary natural beauty and ancient cultural heritage of this land was recognised internationally in 1981 when it was first inscribed on the World Heritage list. Joint management Today, the World Heritage-listed park remains well protected by a board of management, which has an Aboriginal majority representing the traditional owners. Australian Recommendations. Background on Global Context: Afghanistan. Aid Afghanistan for Education. The Benefits of Education. Recommendations for Global Context.