IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA

Not all the immigrant children in Australia have the opportunity to study in their own

mother tongue.Therefore many children, spent months or years in school not being able

to understand the lessons because of their lack of english language. Immigrant children

are failing in Australian education system because they don’t have the opportunity to

study in a bilingual education program.The U.N. report on language and education

shows that children who become literate in their own language, have greatest chance of

educational success. People have been discussing the latest figures on university

entrance, noticing that immigrant children do less well then ”Anglo” children at present,

therefore they think that the government has done too little for these children.In order to

improve the quality of the education system, it suggested to have bilingual programs for

all immigrant children. Australia is a multi cultural country and bilingual programs are a

pending issue.

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