VanWest College offers ESL scholarship for Syrian Refugees

VanWest College offers ESL scholarship for Syrian Refugees

VanWest College is offering enough hours for refugees to learn English for one year. But no one has contacted the college yet.

“My concern is when I read the news and I see the headlines of the backlog up to 16 months waiting list in B.C. to take ESL lessons and knowing that private schools have probably thousands and thousands of hours available, there’s a real disconnect somewhere,” VanWest executive director Barbara Elliot said.

– from the article: http://www.cbc.ca/…/free-english-classes-syrian-refugees-un…

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