ILO Convention 169
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Posted by Tyson Woorama May 12, 2006 |
Article 7 of the ILO (International Labor Organisation) convention 169 states that Indigenous peoples have the right to decide their own development priorities and to exercise control over their own economic, social and cultural development.
Convention No. 169 also provides that Indigenous and tribal peoples should have an opportunity to acquire education at all levels, at least on an equal footing with the rest of the national community and that these educational programmes and services should be adapted to address their special needs and should incorporate their histories, their knowledge and technologies, their value systems and their aspirations. It provides that, whenever practical, children belonging to these peoples should be taught to read and write in their own indigenous language, or in the language most commonly used by the group to which they belong. Indigenous education must be bilingual and bicultural.
For an Indigenous view of how these rights are being addressed in Australian education, read the following articles
