Boarding school policy 'comprehensively failing' remote Indigenous students, study finds

ANU researchers say 59% of 100 young people from one community dropped out in first year of off-country boarding

A policy that sees Indigenous students from remote communities board off-country" in an attempt to advance their educational opportunities is a revolving door that is comprehensively failing" Aboriginal children and their families, according to a new study.

Australian National University (ANU) researchers tracked the education histories of 100 young people aged between 12 and 21 years old from one Top End community.