§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pilot experiments have been carried out in the United Kingdom in connection with the teaching of migrant children in their mother tongue: and what are the results.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonAmongst the educational research relating to ethnic minorities, two experiments are known to teaching migrant children in their mother tongue.
A project in Birmingham, sponsored by the Council of Europe, sought to examine the reactions of parents and pupils to the teaching of Punjabi as a language and the use of it as the language of instruction. The results were inconclusive.
A DES funded project recently started in Bradford is making a comparative study of the relative benefits of two teaching approaches to two groups of Punjabi children on first entering infant schools; one group being taught through the medium of Punjabi whilst the other follows the usual practice of being taught the English language, which is also used as the medium for instruction. This project is expected or three years to complete.