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In recognition of this, the Department involves the Advisory Committee on Aboriginal Education, the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, the Aboriginal Education Workers, the Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness committees and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council in curriculum development and delivery.
The ACT has continued to provide and improve services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students through the Aboriginal Education Strategic Initiatives Program. These services include: the Yurauna Centre at the Canberra Institute of Technology, which provides a comprehensive support and advice service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; bridging courses in literacy and numeracy; vocational courses designed for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders; and the employment of Aboriginal Education Workers, Aboriginal Home School Liaison Officers, Aboriginal Mentors and an Aboriginal artist in residence.
The Department of Education and Training is also consulting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on the structure and content of possible language programs for an Aboriginal Language/Cultures Program in ACT Government schools.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The circumstances of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders are taken into account in developing employment related programs within my Department. Discussions have commenced with the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training to facilitate the development in 1993-94 of an `ACT Government Service Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders Employment and Career Path Strategy'. `Guidelines for Aboriginal Identified Positions' were released in 1993 and a revised version will include a strategy on `Career Paths for Officers in Aboriginal Identified Positions'.
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