Australia Invests $18.2 Million To Improve Rural Housing For Teachers

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced funding of $10.7 million to improve housing for teachers working in remote communities in the Northern Territory.

Together with $7.5 million announced today by the Northern Territory Chief Minister, Paul Henderson, more than $18 million has been committed to improve teacher housing in remote communities.

The Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon welcomed this commitment to help recruit quality teachers and improve learning opportunities for Indigenous children in the NT.

This funding will be used to construct up to 50 new homes estimated to cost between $200,000 and $300,000 each in nine remote Northern Territory communities.

The nine communities are Galiwinku, Gunbalanya, Maningrida, Ngukurr, Ntaria, Ramingining, Umbakumba, Yirrkala and Yuendumu.

Quality teaching is the single most important school-based contributor to improving student achievement and these new homes will help with the recruitment and retention of highly accomplished teachers in remote schools in the Northern Territory.

The Rudd Government is also providing funding of $114.5 million from 2008 to 2012 to encourage 200 additional teachers to take up teaching positions in the Northern Territory.

As of September, 97 teachers have been recruited and placed in Northern Territory schools; 85 in government schools and 12 in Catholic schools.

As part of the Education Revolution, the Rudd Government is also investing $550 million to attract, train, place, develop and retain quality teachers.

The Rudd Government is committed to providing quality educational opportunities for Indigenous students, to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous educational outcomes. This is a key goal of the Education Revolution.

The Rudd Government is determined to help Close the Gap in Indigenous education by working cooperatively with the NT Government to provide additional housing and resources for teachers.

Topics: Australia, Economy, education, housing, new homes, Northern Territory, quality teachers, remote communities, rural housing, society, student achievement, teachers

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