Austria 'Ghetto' Language Classes Leave Children to Repeat School
Schools may now choose how to support non-native German speakers after a review found the separate classes left many pupils at least one year behind.
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Austria 'ghetto' language classes leave children to repeat school
Instead, he was pulled out of his class every day for several hours to learn German under a flagship programme meant to bring newcomers like him up to par with the national language. But an assessment has shown the programme -- long decried by critics as "ghetto" classes -- leaves a number of pupils to repeat at least one school year, contributing to a relatively high number of over-age pupils in the Alpine EU member. "I was a bit lost, a bit up…
AGI - In Austria to learn German they left their classmates every day, losing hours of mathematics, science and other subjects. A path designed to encourage the inclusion of foreign pupils in Austrian schools, but which for many has resulted in a delay in their studies: according to an evaluation by the Ministry of Education, a quarter of the students involved had to repeat at least a year. The government has therefore loosened the obligation of…
Disputed program: Austria 'ghetto' language classes leave children to repeat school
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