Scotdesco Aboriginal Community

Scotdesco TAFE / Aboriginal Access Centre

  • Location 24km West of Penong SA & 94km West of Ceduna SA
  • Postal PMB 4 Ceduna SA 5690
  • Tel. 08 8625 6194, Fax 08 8625 6232
  • Email michellea66@hotmail.com

Description  
Scotdesco TAFE (annex of Ceduna Tafe) began in its current building in 1999. Prior to this, TAFE took place at the Bookabie Hall and under the verandah of the old stone home near the Eyre highway. Along with the office and other buildings the TAFE building was transported from Cook to Scotdesco to be then renovated and made viable in 1999. 

       

TAFE offers project based learning opportunities which are designed to support enterprises and community initiatives within Scotdesco. Project based learning promotes the development of literacy and numeracy skills, employment skills and communication skills in a relevant, purposeful context and is well received by the residents of the Scotdesco homeland with many students enrolling for short term and long term projects.


Mature men and women both young and old make up this class . Achievements within TAFE have been enormous . Visitors are most welcome at any time, no appointment necessary.

Activities

  • Literacy & numeracy
  • Aboriginal History and Culture -developing resources for cultural tours
  • Aboriginal Languages- working with the wirangu language revitalisation project
  • Hospitality - running a community lunch service
  • Computing - community use of email as a practical form of communication
  • Tourism - running cultural school camps
  • Vocational Education
  • Arid Lands & Horticulture - assisting community in developing a revegation project
  • Business Administration -developing record keeping and purchasing procedures for project leaders