Nganmarriyanga Community is on Palumpa Station (the old timers may remember Palumpa School), Palumpa is a working Aboriginal cattle station. The community has about 450 - 500 people and the school has a current enrollment of of 152 students with a daily attendance of between 70 and 100 students. We have two outstations attached to the school, Merepen and Nemarluk and we are currently investigating a third. There are eight (8) teachers (including the principal) at the school as well as six (6) assistant teachers (one unfilled position), three (3) ATAS tutors, a grounds man, a cleaner and one person in the office. We are also supported by out local community government council and through them have three (3) CDEP people who help in the school with the lunch program, classroom and with grounds maintenance. During the Wet we fly to the Outstations once a week or bring the Assistant Teachers in for training. During the Dry the Outstations Teacher visits four (4) days a week. There are about twenty six (26) students attend at the outstations. The language most commonly spoken is Murin Patha. Nganmarriyanga School is an ESL school and a Peace Builders school.
