Indigenous kids falling behind in literacy

Indigenous children around Australia are three years behind their counterparts in literacy and numeracy. In the Northern Territory the gap is four years, Brooke Boney from NITV News reports.

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Indigenous children around the country are three years behind their counterparts in literacy and numeracy. In the Northern Territory the gap is four years.

Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett says everyone should take responsibility for poor education results in the NAPLAN test.

Brooke Boney from NITV News reports.


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