Australia: Push for English causes Aboriginal backlash

[Francis Hult]

Via lgpolicy...
 

Push for English causes Aboriginal backlash

Natasha Robinson | November 20, 2008
Article from:  The Australian

GOVERNMENTS risk poisoning their relationship with Aboriginal people
by clumsily pushing through a threadbare policy mandating that
children in remote schools are predominantly taught in English, Arnhem
Land's most experienced Aboriginal educator has warned. Yalmay
Yunupingu, a teacher at Yirrkala Community Education Centre for 32
years and one of the rare remote-based Aboriginal teachers who holds a
mainstream diploma of education qualification, has broken ranks with
her brother-in-law. Galarrwuy Yunupingu. to condemn the
English-focused schools policy that effectively spells the death of
bilingual education.


Full story:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24678230-5006790,00.html


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