Closing the Gap: Teachers Hecs waived plan

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives to deliver the Closing the Gap report in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, February 14,  2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM Scott Morrison Source: AAP

Graduate teachers who agree to work in remote Indigenous communities for four years will have their university debts wiped as part of a plan to improve education outcomes for Indigenous students. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the initiative while delivering his first Closing the Gap statement. Ivan Leung and Wai Yee Yeung report.



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