Expressions of interest from elementary schools are now open.
The Albanese government has announced $14 million (USD $9.2 million) in funding for primary schools to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in classrooms starting from 2024.
Expressions of interest are open for the First Nations Languages Education Program, created in partnership with the peak body First Languages Australia (FLA).
The goal is to strengthen Indigenous languages with 60 educators in primary schools across the country.
Indigenous Australians Assistant Minister Malarndirri McCarthy emphasised the importance of preserving Indigenous languages, one of the world’s oldest cultures, in classrooms nationwide.
The program seeks to achieve Target 16 of Closing the Gap, which states that by 2031, there should be a sustained increase in the number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken.
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