A whole bunch of displaced individuals will get the prospect to take an English language check without cost, because the UN Refugee Company (UNHCR) joins forces with IELTS.
IELTS, owned by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge College Press & Evaluation, revealed the partnership on November 11.
Globally, 42% of younger individuals have entry to greater schooling however this drops to solely 7% amongst refugees, it mentioned.
“Refugees deserve the identical instructional alternatives as everybody else. By providing IELTS assessments to refugees without cost, we’re in search of to redress a number of the inequalities that refugees face, and cut back the boundaries they encounter to accessing greater schooling,” Jane Mann, managing director of the partnership for schooling on the College of Cambridge.
UNHCR plans to determine potential recipients for the English check. Subsequently, the company will find an acceptable location and date for the applicant to take the check on-line or on paper, it mentioned.
Taking an IELTS check will present refugees entry to over 25,000 organisations around the globe.
Warwick Freeland, managing director – IELTS, IDP Schooling, mentioned: “An IELTS rating transcends boundaries and opens doorways to world success, so it’s our hope that providing free assessments shall be a begin in bettering entry to schooling for a cohort of refugees around the globe.”
In 2023, throughout greater than 140 international locations, over 4 million IELTS assessments had been taken. In forging a partnership with UNHCR, IELTS mentioned it hopes that the quantity will proceed to rise.
Nick Godfrey, deputy director of IELTS partnerships on the British Council, mentioned: “As an IELTS supply accomplice, we’re extremely enthusiastic about this partnership, which is able to assist individuals dwelling by probably the most difficult circumstances to entry these transformative alternatives.”
We’re extremely enthusiastic about this partnership, which is able to assist individuals dwelling by probably the most difficult circumstances to entry these transformative alternatives
Nick Godfrey, IELTS
Earlier initiatives from the Duolingo English Take a look at helped 20 refugees in 2023.
The information follows the UK authorities’s plans to overtake English language testing, releasing proposals earlier this 12 months to create a Safe English Language Take a look at
