THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION OF SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NEW-SOUTH-WALES, AUSTRALIA

Australia's immigration policies have had a dramatic effect on school populations, especially in the state of New South Wales which receives about 40 percent of the intake. This article is based on a study that was carried out for the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Popu lation Research and the NSW Ministry of Education. The study revealed that many non-English-speaking background pupils miss out on English a s a second language instruction, community languages are allowed to an d aspects of the school environment, such as relations between ent gro ups, are not given the attention that they deserve.