Indigenous Language to Be Taught in Australian Schools From 2024

Published on December 7, 2023

The Albanese government has announced $14 million (USD $9.2 million) in funding for primary schools to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in classrooms starting from 2024. Expressions of interest are open for the First Nations Languages Education Program, created in partnership with the peak body First Languages Australia (FLA). The goal is to strengthen Indigenous languages with 60 educators in primary schools across the country. Indigenous Australians Assistant Minister Malarndirri McCarthy emphasised the importance of preserving Indigenous languages, one of the world’s oldest cultures, in classrooms nationwide. “All students, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, will benefit from this program that will ensure First Nations languages thrive into the future,” she said in a statement....

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