Education budget: NT Govt looks to keep school leavers working, studying in the Territory through $5.2 million
THE NT Government wants Territory school leavers to stay close to home to work or study instead of flocking interstate through a new $5.2 million initiative
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THE NT Government will try to get Territory school leavers to stay close to home to work or study instead of flocking interstate through a new $5.2 million initiative.
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The Get SET in the NT program, announced under the NT’s education budget on Tuesday.
comprises of 100 12-month traineeship places in the public service for Territory school leavers and 10 full scholarships for top-performing students at Charles Darwin University.
It will also give NT industry groups, such as NT Farmers, access to school-leavers to tell them about opportunities within the Territory.
NT Farmers chief executive Paul Burke said this year had been very tough for the agriculture industry because of difficulty getting enough staff to the NT, and hopes that more school-leavers will give the industry a go.
“We’ve struggled with staff right through the year,” he said.
“We want to work with government to try and find innovative ways to get people into jobs, to give them some experience and experience different industries.
“A lot of people wouldn’t have thought about agriculture as a career, but it’s a very diverse career background.”
Year 12 student at Darwin High School, Ben Kievet, said COVID-19 had influenced his plans to study law at the University of Melbourne.
“It’s made me reconsider moving to Melbourne for university,” he said.
“I’m still hopeful that I can go there but I’m definitely looking at other options.”
CDU Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Maddocks said the university has started incorporating overseas and interstate travel opportunities into their degrees to try and get school-leavers to study there instead of interstate.
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He said domestic enrolments for CDU for next year are up 65 per cent because of people aiming to upskill following the pandemic.
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