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Multi-lingual education sows cohesion after conflict

BERNARD LANE
The Australian

March 31, 2014
12:11AM

US President Barack Obama is among the many world leaders who have recently visited Burma to encourage it to continue down the path of democracy and openness. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Source: AP

MULTI-LINGUAL education can play a role in healing deep communal divisions, says Melbourne University language scholar Joe Lo Bianco.

Professor Lo Bianco hailed a recent declaration in Burma as a step towards allowing many children in that multi-ethnic state to begin schooling in their native tongues. Read more...