More than 700 community language schools across Australia will be able to access grants of up to $30,000 each under Labor’s proposal.
More Australian preschoolers will be able to learn another language under a Labor plan to give every community language school in the country a $30,000 funding boost.
Labor will give community language schools grants of up to $30,000 over three years if it wins government in May.“This $15 million commitment will allow community language schools to expand their programs to preschoolers, improve teacher training, and upgrade classroom resources,” she said. Under Labor’s proposal, which Plibersek will announce at the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools annual conference on Saturday, every community language school that is accredited by a state or territory government will receive a grant offer of up to $30,000 over three years, with the amount of funding dependent on the number of enrolments.
The schools typically run on weekends and generally specialise in one language each – such as Arabic, Greek or Chinese – and are especially popular among migrant families who wish for their children to learn the language and culture of their relatives. Lessons usually run for a minimum of two hours, with more than 90 languages taught through such schools across the country.
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