The Australian Government is committed to closing the educational divide between indigenous and non indigenous students.

The National Congress was also studying the possibility of granting fellowships for study abroad to indigenous students who had earned a hard won high school degree.

As can be seen from the table below, the school retention rate for female indigenous students is higher than that for male students, although well below that for all non indigenous ones.

Until now, indigenous students were registered as such only if they studied in schools located in Indigenous areas.

Three indigenous universities and a National Institute of Indigenous Languages have been established.

For reasons set out above, indigenous students' access to universities has traditionally been difficult owing to such factors as geographical remoteness, cost, cultural prejudice and the low number of indigenous students completing pre university studies.

Ecology Ecosystems, Hydrology, Soil Sciences

1964 1969 Director of School of Extra Mural Studies, University of Khartoum

The initiatives taken by his Government to advance the rights of indigenous people included the establishment of banks for indigenous women a census of indigenous households a programme to strengthen community management scholarships for indigenous students a programme to protect indigenous migrants and a programme to map indigenous lands.

Adult Learning Centres (ALCs) have the potential to improve the education and employment outcomes for women and for Aboriginals.

MENDIZABAL Teresa F Agricultural Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Ecology Ecosystems, Soil Sciences

Universities and the academic community should support indigenous research and the promotion of indigenous traditional knowledge.

These and other problems result in high dropout rates among indigenous children, especially girls, and a progressive decrease in the number of indigenous students in secondary and higher education.

SOTER Soils and Terrain Digital Database (UNEP FAO International Soil Reference and Information Center International Society of Soil Sciences)

SOTER Soils and Terrain Digital Database (FAO International Soil Reference and Information Center International Society of Soil Sciences UNEP)

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There are 14 government run primary schools and 4 government run secondary schools.

For many years indigenous tribes in Tripura, India, have worked to have Kokborok used in their primary schools, where only English and Bengali had been taught.

It will give a new impetus to activities and international cooperation in the area of millimetric radio astronomy in Turkey.

In 2004, there were 7 schools in operation in the Territory, attended by a total of 749 pupils.

It is important to note that the inclusion of indigenous languages in school curricula has not been enough to close the gap that exists between the academic performance of indigenous students and that of the non indigenous population. Significant problems still exist in the standardization of spelling of indigenous languages, the teaching of indigenous languages as a mother tongue and the methodology for teaching second languages.

However, university enrolment data show that there are more female indigenous university students than male.

36. There are 12 public schools in the Territory.

The Special Rapporteur also recommends that universities and research centres increase their involvement in the preparation of special multidisciplinary curricula for indigenous education. He further recommends that indigenous universities be expanded and strengthened.

Primary school completion rates are lower among indigenous populations than among non indigenous populations.

1995 1996 Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (Geneva).

The Turkish Cypriot school to which reference is made within the context of the Greek Cypriot pledge that it would be opened in South Cyprus is, in fact, an elementary school and not a Turkish secondary school as stated in paragraph 27.

Graduated from the University College of Khartoum in 1952 and acquired a diploma in Law.

In the United States, this is known as the quot plenary power doctrine , and it holds that the United States Congress may exercise virtually unlimited power over indigenous nations and tribes and their property.

In North America native studies centres abounded.

Most recently there has been a demand from indigenous peoples for the establishment of indigenous universities in indigenous areas, with programmes designed specifically for indigenous peoples.

There are six public primary schools, one private assisted primary school and one private school.

The land's all washed out.

There are three high schools (one private and two public) and a community college in Road Town.

Thermodynamics

I want to go to school and study hard.

The student was not an inhabitant of a Non Self Governing Territory.

1958 1962 Library Assistant, University of Khartoum

IV. EFFORTS TO RESOLVE INDIGENOUS LAND ISSUES 68 89 23

The Nezahualcóyotl Prize for Literature in Indigenous Languages was created to recognize and stimulate literary creativity among Mexico's indigenous writers.

The Australian Government's indigenous education programmes do not specifically target female students.

Applies remote sensing techniques to monitor agricultural lands and produce land use and soil taxonomy maps.

When the year 2004 ended 17 public universities in 10 states (one with quotas only for indigenous people) and 7 federal (one with quotas only for indigenous people) implementing the quota system for Afro Brazilians and indigenous people.

IV. EFFORTS TO RESOLVE INDIGENOUS LAND ISSUES

Physical, chemical and biological land and water deteriorations.