Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Anglo-Australian parents are enrolling their children in private schools because less migrant students, including Asians, study there, a new report by the University of Technology Sydney, has said.
The study based on data from the My School website, has claimed that the western suburbs have the lowest number of Anglo-Australian students, about two percent of enrolments in some schools, thetelegraph.com.au reports.
Dr Christina Ho, a UTS researcher in multiculturalism, Anglo-Australian families have started to view public schools as "ghettoes".
"If you have a school that is 98 per cent or 97 per cent migrant-background kids, and hardly any background Anglo-Australians there, then that is a ghetto that doesn't reflect the diversity of the society we live in," Dr Ho said.
"Talk to enough parents about choosing schools for their kids, and sooner or later, you'll hear one express concern about the local public school having too many Asians, or Lebanese, or Muslims, or Aborigines. Minority groups change, but there is a growing creed among many Australians that a good school for their children is one where minorities are in the minority," he added.
The report suggest interesting facts, with one of them claiming that only 15 of the 782 students enrolled in one of the schools (Auburn Girls High) are Anglo-Australians. This group also makes up only two to three percent of students at schools in Punchbowl, Canley Vale, Granville, Wiley Park, Bankstown, Belmore and Cabramatta.
Migrant-background students make up 37 percent of Catholic school students and 22 percent of others. (ANI)
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