A Personal Philosophy Concerning Torres Strait Island Community Education
Abstract
Bamaga stands on the tip of Cape York and adjacent to a number of Torres Strait Islands. Both Bamaga and the Islands are included in the one administrative region.
Parents of students on the Torres Strait Island communities are still confused as to what schools or education are providing for their children. Parents have been desperately hoping that education would improve their ways of living as they were led to believe. As it now stands, more and more parents are becoming disillusioned after receiving evidence of the inadequacy of the Western education system for their culture and beliefs.
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