Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION (SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE) ACT 1989 No. 1 of 1990 - SECT 7

7. It is an object of this Act to achieve equitable and appropriate
educational outcomes for Aboriginal people by:

   (a)  arrangements for the adequate preparation of Aboriginal children for
        primary and later schooling through preschool education; and

   (b)  arrangements enabling Aboriginal children to attain, through
        compulsory primary and secondary education, commensurate skills and
        standards of skills as those attained by other Australian children;
        and

   (c)  arrangements enabling Aboriginal secondary students to attain the same
        rate of successful completion of Year 12, or its equivalents, as that
        attained by other Australian secondary students; and

   (d)  arrangements enabling Aboriginal students participating in post
        secondary education to attain the same graduation rates as those
        attained by other students so participating; and

   (e)  developing programs to support the maintenance and continued use of
        Aboriginal languages; and

   (f)  the provision of community education services to enable Aboriginal
        people to manage the development of their communities; and

   (g)  arrangements for education that will enable Aboriginal adults with
        limited or no educational experience to attain proficiency in
        numeracy, the English language and life skills; and

   (h)  education enabling Aboriginal students to appreciate Aboriginal
        history and culture and Aboriginal identity; and

   (j)  education enabling all Australian students to understand and
        appreciate traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture.