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Funding boost to bridge the gap for African students

Biong Deng Biong, Executive Officer at Edmund Rice Community and Refugee Services with a student at Debney Meadows Primary School.

Biong Deng Biong, Executive Officer at Edmund Rice Community and Refugee Services with a student at Debney Meadows Primary School. Source: SBS

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More than twenty schools that have high numbers of African students are set to receive a funding boost.

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