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NSW Government funds teaching community languages
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By Waren Duncan
he New South Wales Government has made a significant re-commitment ($10.18m) to the teaching of community languages across the state. In a video message to the Annual Gala Dinner of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools, the Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said she was incredibly proud of the teachers, the volunteers, the parents and students of community language schools “because I know the importance of being a good citizen but also about being proud of one’s cultural heritage”.
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“It is really incredible that around 600 community language schools exist across the state and it is really important that we as a State Government support you”, she said.
dinner by Victor Dominello, Minister for Customer Service and Minister for Digital, and former long-term Minister for Citizenship and Communities, who announced the Government grant to loud applause.
The Premier, who learnt her own family language, Armenian, at a Saturday community language school, told the gathering that “being bi-lingual today has had enormous benefits and I’m proud of that fact”.
The President of the Federation, Lúcia Johns, welcomed the commitment which, she said, “would guarantee the continuation and expansion of the organisation’s important work right across the state”.
She and the Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, were represented at the
The Prime Minister, Mr Scott Morrison, also addressed the gathering in a message
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