Number of pupils with only basic English jumps by 600% [belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
- Published: 09 June 2010
The number of children without English as their first language being taught in Northern Ireland's schools has increased by almost 600% in just eight years, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today.
There are currently 7,899 ‘newcomer children’ in schools here — compared with 1,366 during the 2001/02 school year.
The children — known as ‘English as an Additional Language’ pupils — do not have satisfactory language skills to participate fully in the school curriculum and do not have a language in common with the teacher.
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