Punjabi To Be The Newest Language To Be Taught In Australian Schools

The syllabus for pre-primary to yr 12 will probably be developed this yr. (Representational Picture: Unsplash)

Now Punjabi will probably be taught in public faculties in Western Australia. The language is all set to be launched into the college curriculum. The Australian authorities is adopting Punjabi as the latest language after a 2021 census confirmed that it was the fastest-growing language in Australia with greater than 239,000 individuals utilizing it at residence, a rise of over 80 per cent from 2016, reported SBS Punjabi.

The syllabus for pre-primary to yr 12 will probably be developed this yr. The transfer to show Punjabi in faculties was thought of after the syllabus included Tamil, Hindi, and Korean languages in 2021.

College students are anticipated to have the ability to take 12 months 11 programs in 2024, with the primary Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) course examination set in 2025, whereas faculties could have entry to the pre-primary to 12 months 10 curriculum beginning in 2024, SBS Punjabi reported.

In December, Schooling Minister Sue Ellery instructed SBS that the Punjabi language will probably be supplied as an choice to pre-primary via yr twelve college students in Western Australia. She added that with over 190 languages spoken all through the state, linguistic variety is a superb power that gives a variety of social, cultural and financial advantages.

“I’m happy to see the continued enlargement of languages curriculum for WA college students, and the event of Punjabi curriculum is especially becoming given it might assist college students in key future employment alternatives,” Ms Ellery mentioned in a press launch.

Whereas language is a brand new addition, earlier Australian Sikh historical past was included within the Humanities and Social Sciences topics in WA faculties for years 5, 6 and 9.