High praise for community-language schools The NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Prue Carr, has praised the work of the Federation of Community Language Schools which is supported by around 3,500 teachers teaching sixty-one community languages to 36,000 students at 500 schools across the state. The Minister was opening the Federation’s Annual Teachers Conference at Sydney University on Saturday 26th April. Speaking to the conference in a prerecorded video message, Ms Carr, described the organisation as a powerhouse: “The impact you have on children all across the state cannot be underestimated. “You help kids stay connected to who they are, keeping language alive in homes and hearts for generations. “The NSW Government is so proud to be backing your work to be as wide ranging as possible. “In 2024 the Government boosted support for the eligible community language schools with an extra $100 per student to ease the load ...
Blog Archives
NSW FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS INC Multilingualism now the norm A group of senior politicians has acknowledged that Australian society has now changed dramatically, and that language was a key driver of that change. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Federation of Community Language Schools, the Federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare said: “Today one in two of us have parents who were born overseas and one in two of us speaks a language other than English at home. “Because of Community Language schools we are now not just a multicultural nation in name but one where language is kept and passed on from generation to generation”, he said. The Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Tony Burke told the teachers:” What you do is fundamental. This is modern Australia. What you do is simply good ...
