Tauondi College
Tauondi College is an independent Australian Aboriginal controlled and managed post-secondary college established in 1973. It provides adult education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Enrolments average 350 students and more than 6500 people have studied at Tauondi.
The College is a nationally accredited training provider (since 1994). It offers:
- Aboriginal Entry Level Training certificates and diplomas and
- non-accredited adult education
in 6 industry areas: tourism, business, IT, public services-education and training, hospitality and applied & visual arts.
Funding
Tauondi is largely government funded. The South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology provides 65% of its funding with the balance from the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training under the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program.