Northern territory kids get four hours a day in English (fwd link)

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Northern territory kids get four hours a day in English

Paul Toohey | October 15, 2008
Australia

IN an effort to address failings in indigenous bilingual education, the Northern
Territory Government will require the first four hours of every school day to be
conducted in English.

Announcing the decision yesterday, Territory Education Minister Marion Scrymgour
said she supported indigenous language and culture, but her priority was to get
Aboriginal children grounded in the English language before they studied their
own.

Bilingual indigenous education is a divisive and emotional issue in the
Territory.

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