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Petition Praying that support be maintained for bilingual programs in Northern Territory Schools given the high level of community support for these programs (13 petitioners)

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Title

Petition Praying that support be maintained for bilingual programs in Northern Territory Schools given the high level of community support for these programs (13 petitioners)

Other title

Tabled Paper 1306

Collection

Tabled papers for 8th Assembly 1997 - 2001; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT

Date

1999-06-08

Description

Tabled by Denis Burke

Notes

Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

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application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1968A00063

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/296342

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/393654

Page content

<< TO THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: WE THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY SHOWETH THAT THE PROGRESSIVE WITHDRAWAL OF THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN NORTHERN TERRITORY SCHOOLS WILL MEAN THAT: . ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THEIR WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGES HAVE NO OFFICIAL PLACE IN NT SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILDREN ACCESS TO ENGLISH LITERACY WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT IF LITERACY IS NOT ACHIEVED FIRST IN THE LANGUAGE THE CHILDREN SPEAK (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS) THE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WORK DONE BY THE NT BILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN COLLECTING AND MAINTAINING LANGUAGE RESOURCES WILL BE DISCONTINUED (THIS IS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF ALL AUSTRALIANS) ABORIGINAL TEACHERS WILL HAVE GREATLY REDUCED CAREER PATHS. YOUR PETITIONERS URGENTLY REQUEST. THAT THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN NT SCHOOLS, GIVEN THE HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. AND YOUR PETITIONERS AS IN DUTY BOUND WILL EVER PRAY. NAME ADDRESS SIGNATURE 7 I A / i / i / J A frlO A 3 * fa a IL __ _ - t i i A-.V. M ____' f t : h f lr iZ & M lb - fc:.- us rrO * _____________________________ k a-o St Y rw iw iu k OPriO Pe x ) <:u v H (R<v\/)b /?) SlkfduueM 7~ *. (1 < (iy /-*--Q C / f o l f c a , (3a m )kJcvt t fO /#? fa t ite tieuA tu 1 R u u i& A C T - .......... . - ................................................. 2^1 E e>h r HtCfk-eho/9pt c u j { jS p o jL c^ r OVSMxjC / vA > <9k g )\(i 2St_ [ 4 4 ^ fO lf ) ( j fey _ r> -AJ- i - Q h o ^ . o 1 RETURN TO: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION UNION GPO BOX 4494 DARWIN NT 0801 VATME - Newsletter No. 87 - February 1999 ) 13