More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?
- Written by Grace Sarra, Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in the year before full-time schooling, there has been a 25% increase in enrolments over the past seven years.
In 2016, 76.7% of Aboriginal and Torres...





