Editing Northern Territory (section)

==Education==
[[File:Charles Darwin University, NT.jpg|thumb|[[Charles Darwin University]]]]

===Primary and secondary===
A Northern Territory school education consists of six years of primary schooling, including one transition year, three years of middle schooling, and three years of secondary schooling. In the beginning of 2007, the Northern Territory introduced Middle School for Years 7–9 and High School for Years 10–12. Northern Territory children generally begin school at age five. On completing secondary school, students earn the [[Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training]] (NTCET). Students who successfully complete their secondary education also receive a tertiary entrance ranking, or ATAR score, to determine university admittance.

Northern Territory schools are either publicly or privately funded. Public schools, also known as state or government schools, are funded and run directly by the Department of Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.nt.gov.au/about-us|title=About us|date=22 December 2023|website=Department of Education|publisher=Northern Territory Government|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227161242/http://www.education.nt.gov.au/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref> Private fee-paying schools include schools run by the Catholic Church and independent schools, some elite ones similar to English [[Public school (UK)|public schools]]. Some Northern Territory Independent schools are affiliated with [[Protestant]], [[Lutheran]], [[Anglican]], [[Greek Orthodox]] or [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]es, but include non-church schools and an Indigenous school.

As of 2009, the Northern Territory had 151 public schools, 15 Catholic schools and 21 independent schools. 39,492 students were enrolled in schools around the territory with 29,175 in public schools, and 9,882 in independent schools. The Northern Territory has about 4,000 full-time teachers.

===Tertiary===
The Northern Territory has [[List of universities in Australia|one university]] which opened in 1989 under the name of the [[Northern Territory University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdu.edu.au/25th-anniversary|title=Celebrating 25 Years of University Education in the Northern Territory|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717122525/https://www.cdu.edu.au/25th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> Now renamed as the [[Charles Darwin University]], it had about 19,000 students enrolled: about 5,500 higher education students and about 13,500 students on vocational education and training (VET) courses. The first tertiary institution in the territory was the [[Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education]] which was established in the mid-1960s.

===Libraries and archives===
[[Library & Archives NT]] is the Northern Territory's public research library and archival organisation and it supports the development of library services across the Territory by supporting public libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit Us {{!}} Library & Archives NT |url=https://lant.nt.gov.au/visit-us |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=lant.nt.gov.au |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314002259/https://lant.nt.gov.au/visit-us |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Services to Public Libraries {{!}} Library & Archives NT |url=https://lant.nt.gov.au/services-public-libraries |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=lant.nt.gov.au |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314002259/https://lant.nt.gov.au/services-public-libraries |url-status=live }}</ref> Library & Archives NT was formed in 2019 following the merge of the Northern Territory Archives Service and the Northern Territory Library.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Find & Connect Web Resource Project |first=The University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University |title=Library & Archives NT – Organisation – Find & Connect – Northern Territory |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/ENT0112b.htm |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=findandconnect.gov.au|archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314002259/https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/ENT0112b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[National Archives of Australia]] also have a repository in Darwin, this is collocated with the Library & Archives NT repository at the Northern Territory Archives Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Northern Territory |url=https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=National Archives of Australia |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314002300/https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory |url-status=live }}</ref>