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“We have a committed management team and passionate classroom teachers, like Mrs Sheetal Singh, who have made this inaugural initiative possible,” Mr Tiatia said.
“The roadmap to establishing the bilingual Hindi class was developed by our bilingual Maori classes ‘Te Whanau Tupuranga’, and we have been developing language learning progressions in Hindi Samoan and Te reo Maori.” We have been overwhelmed by the community support, and we are looking forward to developing the provision further in the future. Heritage languages are important to us, and having 30 per cent of students from homes that have Hindi spoken in, we feel that our school needs to reflect the community we live in. This is an initiative driven by research about bilingual learning as well as from the aspirations of parents. “The classes in this primary school will give an opportunity to young children to learn Hindi as an additional language, which research shows enhance the overall academic competence of students in today’s increasingly multicultural world,” Mr Dhillon added.Ĭoncurring with these sentiments, the principal of the school, Stan Tiatia said, “We are extremely proud to be able to open the first Hindi bilingual class.
“It will remove the barrier in learning for many children who comes from households where Hindi is a primary language of communication.” Welcoming the opening of the bilingual Hindi classes, Bhav Dhillon said, “This is a great milestone in the growth and acceptance of the Hindi language in Aotearoa New Zealand as a mode of communication.” This was announced today in an official ceremony held at the school premises in South Auckland with Hon Consul of India Bhav Dhillon as the Chief Guest and several key community leaders, including Satya Dutt, a leading Hindi language activist from Hindi Language Culture Trust of New Zealand, Kanwaljit Bakshi, Former National Party MP, Lata Singh of New Zealand Sanatan Naari Sabha among others.
Papatoetoe North School in South Auckland has become the first school in New Zealand to start a “Hindi bilingual class” whereby offering an opportunity for young children to acquire learning in school in the Hindi language medium.