THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION POLICIES ON SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NEW-SOUTH-WALES

Australia's immigration policies have had a dramatic effect on school populations, especially in the state of New South Wales which receives about 40 per cent of the intake. This paper is based on a study that was carried out for the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Popul ation Research and the NSW Ministry of Education. The study revealed t hat many non-English speaking background pupils miss out on English as a second language tuition, community languages are allowed to lapse a nd aspects of the school environment, such as relations between differ ent groups, are not given the attention that they deserve.