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Ania, a student with @EFALondon speaking about years of organising to improve #ESOL in London. #LoveESOL
Three key areas:
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Three key areas:
Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration and Skills @JulesPipe : & #39;London is lucky to have @EFALondon& #39;
Praising the work of engaging ESOL learners with over 160 ESOL learners at the #LoveESOL virtual meeting.
Praising the work of engaging ESOL learners with over 160 ESOL learners at the #LoveESOL virtual meeting.
Hearing from @JulesPipeabout GLA progress on ESOL since budget was devolved last year
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Deputy Mayor @JulesPipe: We don& #39;t have the power to make GLA funded ESOL classes available to people without immigration status but & #39;we are working with central government to make the rules more inclusive& #39; #LoveESOL
Yousoufou, an ESOL learner from Southwark speaking about finding a class through his mosque. Several other learners have spoken about finding classes through children& #39;s schools - shows the importance of @EFALondon model of delivering #ESOL through civil society institutions.
Silvia Perin, from GLA& #39;s Social Integration team: & #39;we recognise that childcare is essential from ESOL learners with young children& #39;.
Plans to use the childcare pilot to shape the adult education budget but it needs & #39;systematic and structural approach& #39; #LoveESOL
Plans to use the childcare pilot to shape the adult education budget but it needs & #39;systematic and structural approach& #39; #LoveESOL
Menal, a learner speaking about the challenges of finding appropriate ESOL classes.
& #39;It took me three years to find an ESOL course and my life was terrible& #39;
Menal makes a powerful case for a dedicated ESOL website for London #LoveESOL
& #39;It took me three years to find an ESOL course and my life was terrible& #39;
Menal makes a powerful case for a dedicated ESOL website for London #LoveESOL
Deputy Mayor @JulesPipe: & #39;I absolutely support the creation of such a website as does the Mayor& #39;
Clear commitment to the principle of an ESOL website but & #39;we are still looking to get the resources together& #39; to keep the website up-to-date and relevant.
Clear commitment to the principle of an ESOL website but & #39;we are still looking to get the resources together& #39; to keep the website up-to-date and relevant.
Kasia from @EFALondon: We appreciate your commitment in principle to an ESOL website. We want to work with the GLA to iron out the difficulties and we will be continuing to raise this with @SadiqKhan in the run up to the Mayoral election next year. #LoveESOL
