PIKE SUPPORTING REFUGEE AND MIGRANT STUDENTS
Source: Victoria. Minister for Education. Media Release
"Refugee and migrant students who have had their education interrupted will be the biggest winners as the Brumby Labor Government invests more than $1.13 million to help them with their studies. Minister for Education Bronwyn Pike announced 65 Learning beyond the bell grants to support homework clubs with large numbers of refugees and migrant students.“The Brumby Labor Government recognises that many newly-arrived refugee and migrant students need extra tuition and help with their homework because of their dislocated past,” Ms Pike said.“Newly-arrived refugee and migrant students need our support and compassion as many have come from traumatic experiences. Some have lost loved ones, their homes and often lived in sub standard conditions in refugee camps."