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Mills says Indigenous language teaching is vital
By Jano Gibson

Updated 11 hours 19 minutes ago
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Chief Minister Terry Mills says there are no differences of opinion in the
Government about not teaching Indigenous languages at schools in remote
Northern Territory communities.

Mr Mills says it is important for Aboriginal students to be taught in their
first language, in order to learn English.

Earlier, Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson had said English
should be taught at the schools, and the learning of traditional languages
should be done by families outside school hours.

That contradicted a commitment by Education Minister Robyn Lambley to fund
bilingual education in remote schools.

Mr Mills says learning English is the ultimate goal but that does not mean
removing Indigenous languages from the classroom.

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