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Schools in frontline of the multicutural society

By Pino Migliorino - posted Thursday, 3 July 2014


The decision to end Gonski funding from 2018 effectively cut two-thirds of the total extra funding promised, around $1.2 billion in NSW alone.

As well as children from non-English speaking backgrounds, the Federal Government has effectively given up on children from low-income families, children from outside major cities, children with disability and indigenous children. There is no recognition that some children's education is affected by social disadvantage, and that this can be addressed through our school system.

Needs-based funding approach is the only way to give these children the well-resourced schools they need to reach their potential. This should mean more money for the public school system because these are the schools that educate the neediest. To invite migrants to this country, and to then fail to properly fund the schools their children will need is short-sighted. Failing to give all children an education that allows them to make the most of their talents is short-sighted.

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Pino Migliorino is the Honorary President of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia. He was chair of FECCA from 2009 to 2013 and led FECCA in its advocacy role in championing multiculturalism as well as providing a voice for Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse communities. He is the Chair and Managing Director of Cultural Perspectives Group, a leading research, communications and consultancy provider that specialises in Australia’s diverse communities. Pino has over 30 years of expertise in immigration and multicultural affairs, and maintains professional involvement in community affairs, welfare, the Arts, aged care and the settlement of newly arrived refugees.

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