Nation’s happiest giraffe turns focus to First Nations health
Healthy Harold has launched a new ‘culturally appropriate’ program for the Territory’s Indigenous students. Here’s why it’s important.
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Territory’s student management lags behind nation
A NT tech overhaul for education administration is about to make teachers’ lives easier. Here’s how.
Student vows to spotlight NT education issues on national stage
A Top End student has obtained a prestigious role in a national council, where she plans to put a spotlight on the Territory’s education shortfalls.
Childcare safety reforms slammed as too expensive by CLP
A move to boost child safety has been met with CLP criticism, saying the safety reforms are too expensive for NT families.
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Govt says counsellors not qualified for school-based roles
The NT government does not consider university-accredited counsellors fit for school-based roles – with an interstate counselling body urging the NT to recognise the professionals and get them into schools.
Dragons in parliament: Exit Art 2024 winners named
One student’s pair of dragons will fly through the halls of parliament after their artist received a top accolade at the Exit Art Awards. FULL LIST OF WINNERS.
NT kids’ ‘really distressing’ literacy levels revealed
The NT’s reading proficiency rate is ‘really distressing’ and falls well below the national average by 27 percentage points.
School-based counselling under microscope after teen suicide
The NT Coroner is set to put school-based counselling and mental health services under the microscope after the suicide death of a 13-year-old girl.
‘Key to success’: NT Board of Studies winners revealed
Dozens of students have been named among the highest academic performers in the Territory at the NT Board of Studies awards. See the full list.
‘Forced to leave’: Petition to open new specialist school in Top End
A Territory mum is fighting for her child’s right to a safe education as fears about the closure of specialist schools rise. How you can sign the petition.
‘Punitive’: Education expert’s scathing response to election promises
As the NT’s leading political parties reveal their education policy pitches 200 days out from the 2024 election, an expert has weighed in on their plans. Why she thinks the parties’ answers have only scratched the surface.
‘Sextortion’ top cyber crime affecting teenage boys
With children as young as five posting naked images of themselves online, a cyber safety expert is heading to the NT to teach our students – and their parents – how to protect themselves from malicious online attacks.
‘Leg up’: Former councillor’s $15k gift to NT students
A former Melbourne councillor with a deep connection to the NT has given the remote students of a Darwin school a $15k “leg up”. What she donated.
‘Hitting the ground running’: CLP’s plan to fix education outcomes
A Northern Territory education leader says a focus on truancy officers, NAPLAN results and school recruitment are at the forefront of the CLP’s plan to tackle our “disastrous” education system. Here are their plans.
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