There is still a long way to go

On average, Indigenous Australians …

• are less likely to get a preschool education
  
• remain well behind mainstream rates in literacy and numeracy skills development before they leave primary school
  
• have less access to secondary school in the communities in which they live
  
• tend to leave school much younger
  
• are about half as likely to go through to Year 12
  
• are far more likely to be doing bridging and basic entry programmes in vocational education and training institutions and universities
  
• obtain fewer and lower-level education qualifications.

It is clear that more needs to be done to improve our people's educational opportunities. It is also clear we need to ensure that Indigenous Australian young people succeed in schooling and have the skills to enjoy a more secure economic, social and cultural future.

— The Indigenous Education Ambassadors