Education, employment and arts information and services for Cape York residents.
The state department's purpose is to engage Queenslander's in life long education and training and to build a strong arts and cultural sector which enriches the lives of Queenslanders.
Each community in Cape York Peninsula has a state school, Bamaga school in northern Cape York Peninsula caters for children from the Bamaga and Seisia communities as well as from Umagico, Injinoo and New Mapoon
education.qld.gov.au/schools/maps/pdfs/tp1.pdf
Western Cape College, Weipa comprises three campuses at locations in Aurukun , Mapoon and Weipa.
www.westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au
Cooktown State School provides primary and secondary educational services to the town of Cooktown and secondary educational services to the communities of Hopevale, Lakeland, Rossville, Laura, Wujal Wujal and Bloomfield
Cairns School of Distance Education is a Queensland State School offering co-educational services to home based learners from Pre-school to Year 11 and Year 12 over a catchment area that stretches north from Cairns to the Torres Strait, west to Normanton and Karumba and south to Cardwell and Oak Park, including all of Cape York Peninsula
Students from across the Cape access further education through the Tropical North Institute of TAFE and James Cook University both based in Cairns.