Blame allocated

From ABC Australia this little bit of responsibility shirking:

The Pilbara's peak Aboriginal organisation is urging political leaders to step up to the challenge of Aboriginal education in the Pilbara, in north-west Western Australia, which it says is in a catastrophic state.

The Ngarda Ngarli Yarndu Regional Council says truancy and suspension rates among Aboriginal school students are appalling and educational outcomes are shameful.

Central zone commissioner Terry Whitby says the Department of Education is failing to listen to Indigenous people, there is a lack of adequate funding and associated social problems are not being addressed.

He says the issue has been virtually ignored in the state election campaign.

"There's got to be some politician brave enough in this state in this day and age to recognise that there's a failure in education here and to now step up to the plate and say, 'okay, let's start doing something about this instead of just worrying about the economy, the economy all the time'," he said.

"Not everybody lives in an economy, some people do live in a society."

The Department of Education did not respond to the ABC's request for a response to the claims.

Aboriginal children, their parents and the Aboriginal community should take responsibility for students' attendance and performance at school. There isn't much the education system can do if the kiddies don't want to attend or learn.

In reality, many Aborigines are, by choice, not participating members of the broader Australian society, which has taught them they are its victims. They also see no need to be part of the broader Australian economy, relying on handouts rather than creating wealth. As someone no doubt much smarter than me once said, you can't eliminate poverty by throwing money at it.