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Race
Everyone is entitled to equal access to education, regardless of their race. Race discrimination includes any kind of disadvantage in your education because of your nationality, country of origin, ethnicity or ancestry.
Here’s an example:
| Malia arrived in Australia as a refugee from Eritrea at age 2. She grew up speaking fluent English. When Malia enrolled in her local primary school, the school assumed that her English would be poor and automatically put her into an English-as-a-second-language class. This meant that she couldn’t attend the extra gym class offered to students not attending the ESL class. |
Here’s another example:
| A group of Sudanese boys knew each other for years and started together at a local high school. They were all in the same class and spent most of their break times together, playing soccer or other games or joking around. There were reports in the local media about gangs of African youths causing trouble at local shopping centres. After a few weeks, the school split the boys up into different classes because they were concerned that the boys were a gang and may cause trouble. |
If you are at a state school, the DECS anti-racism policy applies.
There are exceptions to the general rule. One is for organised programs set up to help people of a particular race. For example:
- a program offering special English coaching to students of non-English speaking background who have arrived in Australia in the last 6 months.
- a health screening programme for a type of genetic risk that is known to be common in people of a particular racial or ethnic background.
Last updated on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:56.
