Canberra, Sept 5 (ANI): 'Multiculturalism' is set to be infused in Australia's high school curriculum as the first step to teach society to respect other cultures and to combat racism.
Students will be trained in 'cultural competency' as part of the government's plan to boost support for multiculturalism and combat negative attitudes, telegraph.com.au reports.
The Gillard government, responding to ten recommendations made by the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council, agreed multiculturalism should be 'embedded' school curriculums.
The government believes that Australian teenagers should 'understand and appreciate the value of other cultures'.
"The government will work to ensure our national curriculum recognises our multicultural character and our history of immigration and enterprise," it said in its response.We will endeavour to ensure the development of students' cultural competency in a globalised world is embedded into national curriculums," it added.
Thousands of teachers have been surveyed about how the policy is working and to uncover racism under special research entitled 'Rethinking Multiculturalism/Reassessing Multicultural Education,' the report said.
The multi-pronged plan also involves sending 40 'People of Australia Ambassadors' to talk about the benefits of multiculturalism and a new offensive against racism. (ANI)
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