The finding comes from a paper published by the Centre for Independent Studies, which reveals Aboriginal children from remote communities have literacy rates far lower than those living in urban centres.
The paper's author, Kirsten Storry says results highlight the need to reform school education in remote indigenous communities.
“There are 1,200 remote communities approximately and 1,000 of those have fewer than 100 people, so you're talking about a very small group of children in each community. And it's very difficult to have a single on-site primary school that can really cater for these children. So that's why I'm proposing that private sector organisations should get involved in primary and secondary education in remote communities,” Ms Storry said.