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THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION POLICIES ON SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Author(s) -
Iredale Robyn
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1997.tb01295.x
Subject(s) - immigration , project commissioning , christian ministry , multiculturalism , publishing , australian population , state (computer science) , political science , population , sociology , economic growth , geography , pedagogy , demography , law , algorithm , computer science , economics
Australia's immigration policies have had a dramatic effect on school populations, especially in the state of New South Wales which receives about 40 per cent of the intake. This paper is based on a study that was carried out for the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research and the NSW Ministry of Education. The study revealed that many non‐English speaking background pupils miss out on English as a second language tuition, community languages are allowed to lapse and aspects of the school environment, such as relations between different groups, are not given the attention that they deserve.