Advantages And Disadvantages Of Indigenous Students

Due to the historical and Indigenous culture issues, Indigenous Australians always been discriminated and rejected by the mainstream society, the year 12 or equivalent attainment rate is lower than non-Indigenous Australians. Theirs deficiency of education and working skills lead them to a high rate of unemployment. The Australian government has special concerned about the employment of Indigenous Australians. Also, the schools and the education system have prioritized efforts to reduce Indigenous students’ educational disadvantages and prepare them for employment. However, the year 12 and higher education attainment rate of Indigenous students still lower than the non-Indigenous students. This essay will explore the particular needs of Indigenous …show more content…
Most of Indigenous people live in remote areas, the poor public transport and road condition influenced and restricted on these areas’ Indigenous students in education. For the remote areas Indigenous students, it’s difficult for them to get the good school resources and the qualified teachers. Usually the high qualified teachers prefer to teach in the cities. Consequently, it makes a poor circulation that disadvantaged schools, disadvantaged teachers and disadvantaged students. For those Indigenous students who live next to the prosperous places, maybe the schools and teachers are advantaged, they still have possibility of being disadvantaged. As mentioned before, the Indigenous culture has deep influence on Indigenous people. Indigenous students always speak their languages at home or in their communities. However, in schools, the classes are taught in English. At this point, for some Indigenous students, English is a second language for them. It’s hard for those students to learn if they can’t understand the contexts. In this kind of situation, asking help from the teachers is best. While,if the relationship between the teachers and the disadvantaged Indigenous students is poor, the students will never ask and nothing will be changed. The other considerable thing in schooling is racism. As the European settlement, the Aboriginals were persecuted and discriminated by the white Australians till 1967 they were able to vote. But there are still discriminations toward the Indigenous people, especially in schools. The bullying and racist taunts to Indigenous students. Chirgwin (2014, p.606) cites that “only through education will they gain more control over these circumstances”. Many Indigenous students’ absence from school sometimes no because of illness, but the feeling of disappointing about the schooling. A good schooling can make Indigenous student have the sense of belonging and want to