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Homeland Learning Centres (HLC) are primary and secondary educational facilities in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory of Australia. HLCs are operated by the Northern Territory Department of Education instead of schools. They do not have full-time qualified teachers for their students. ==History== In the 1970s and 1980s, some Indigenous families in the Northern Territory left larger communities (which had been based around church missions) to move back to their traditional lands. The very remote communities they created are usually referred to as 'Homelands' or 'Outstations'. When faced with the difficulties of providing education in these Indigenous communities, the Northern Territory government created Homeland Learning Centres (HLCs). Most are in very remote locations and some are often not accessible by road during the wet season. The Northern Territory government built HLCs for Indigenous students in very remote communities while building schools for non-Indigenous students. "All Homeland Learning Centre students are assumed to be Indigenous." 〔(NT Department of Education Annual Report 2001-2002 )〕 More than 70 HLCs were constructed, the most recent at Emu Point in 2005-2006.〔(NT Department of Education Annual Report 2005-2006 )〕 Three were operated by the Catholic Education Office. The majority of HLCs are in East and West Arnhem Land - for HLC locations see the List of Homeland Learning Centres. The number of HLCs operational each year may vary as some Homelands are not always populated. The number of HLCs was gradually declining as some closed and others were upgraded to schools.〔(NT Department of Education Annual Reports )〕 In 2008, the NT Government announced that two HLCs - Alparra and Baniyala (Yilpara) - would be upgraded to schools.〔(NT Department of Education Media Release 30 April 2008 ) Retrieved 20 July 2010〕 Subsequent NT budgets have not included funding to upgrade any HLCs to schools.〔(NT Government Budgets )〕 :Year Number of HLCs :1998 54 :1999 54 :2000 55 :2001 50 :2002 54 :2003 55 :2004 53 :2005 53 :2006 51 :2007 46 :2008 45 :2009 46〔(NT Department of Education Annual Report 2009-2010 ) has number of HLCs for 2005-2009〕 :2010 45 :2012 39 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homeland Learning Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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