Leerica Pascoe, a preschool student living in a remote community in central Arnhem Land, is too young to remember working lights or fans in her classroom.
The power and water have been cut off for years.
In her first year of education, Leerica didn’t see a qualified teacher until the 8th of May, three months after the school year began.
She and her classmates at Gamardi, attend a 'Homeland Learning Centre', the name the Northern Territory government has given to 31 remote Indigenous education facilities.
Calling these facilities HLCs mean there is no public record or government accountability for student numbers, teaching ratios, educational outcomes, facilities or funding.
These HLCs are a good way for the NT government to hide its $214.8m annual education funding shortfall.
