About Us
Our story
Bangla Language and Cultural School is a non-profit, non-political organisation. The Bangla Language and Cultural School operates under the umbrella of the Bangladesh Australia Association Canberra Inc. and the ACT Community Language Schools Association.
In the mid-1980s, the Bangladeshi community in Canberra saw the need for a school to help children learn the Bangla language and understand the culture of Bangladesh. They started the ‘Nabaroon Bangla School’ to teach Bangla and share knowledge about the country’s rich heritage. As more Bangla-speaking families moved to Canberra, the community wanted to improve the way the school worked. In 1992, the school reopened with new energy and was renamed the Bangla Language and Cultural School. Today, the school is based at Charles Weston School in Coombs, ACT.
Objectives
Spread BAngla language
To teach Bangla language to students from Bangladeshi communities of all origins and background, and from all interested members of other communities in Australia at the primary level.
PROVIDE BASIC TRAINING
To provide basic training in Bangla music and Bangladeshi culture.
BAnglA Cultural Days celebration
To observe and celebrate days relevant to Bangla language and Bangladeshi culture.
PROMOTE ETHNIC culture
To organise cultural activities to introduce and popularise Bangla language and Bangladeshi culture to the people outside the Bangladeshi community.
Increase adaptive capabilities
To adopt any other activities which appear suitable to advance Bangla language and Bangladeshi culture in Australia.