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The Age
03-06-2025
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- The Age
Revealed: The plans for Australia's first Hindu school
Despite being one of Australia's fastest-growing religious groups, the Hindu community has been the only major faith without its own school. Until now. The federal government has promised the Hindu community $8.5 million in grant funding to launch a new school in western Sydney. The Sanatan School is aiming to welcome its first class of students in 2027, with plans to eventually educate more than 1000 students, from kindergarten to year 12. Australia's Hindu population has skyrocketed in the past decade, growing by 55.3 per cent between the 2016 and 2021 census. Land for the school's campus has been purchased at Oakville, in Sydney's north-west, through community fundraising. The Hindu Education and Cultural Centre (HEACC) will administer the school. HEACC director Pranav Aggarwal said the school will plug a 'significant gap' in Australia's educational landscape. 'Everyone in our community experienced this gap,' he said. 'A Hindu school has been missing from the Australia's multicultural tapestry for too long, and the amount of enthusiasm and encouragement we have heard is testament to that.'
Sydney Morning Herald
03-06-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Revealed: The plans for Australia's first Hindu school
Despite being one of Australia's fastest-growing religious groups, the Hindu community has been the only major faith without its own school. Until now. The federal government has promised the Hindu community $8.5 million in grant funding to launch a new school in western Sydney. The Sanatan School is aiming to welcome its first class of students in 2027, with plans to eventually educate more than 1000 students, from kindergarten to year 12. Australia's Hindu population has skyrocketed in the past decade, growing by 55.3 per cent between the 2016 and 2021 census. Land for the school's campus has been purchased at Oakville, in Sydney's north-west, through community fundraising. The Hindu Education and Cultural Centre (HEACC) will administer the school. HEACC director Pranav Aggarwal said the school will plug a 'significant gap' in Australia's educational landscape. 'Everyone in our community experienced this gap,' he said. 'A Hindu school has been missing from the Australia's multicultural tapestry for too long, and the amount of enthusiasm and encouragement we have heard is testament to that.'
