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Some remote NT schools receiving funding for less than half of enrolled students under 'effective enrolment' model, data reveals

Some remote schools in the Northern Territory are receiving funding for less than half of their enrolled students under a controversial model critics say treats First Nations students as a "budget saving" measure. 

The "effective enrolment" model — which allocates funding based primarily on attendance rather than enrolment — is the subject of an ongoing review commissioned by the NT government last year.

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