The African Music and Cultural Festival (AMCF), Australia’s largest African festival, draws over 50,000 people each year and involves 35 African Australian communities. DE partnered with AMCF
to use the festival's platforms to promote its programs to audiences that are typically difficult
to reach (DE: $25,000 in 2023–24). The festival promoted:
- teacher training incentives for young graduates and older, experienced people looking to change careers
- early childhood and pre-prep workforce participation programs
- internship opportunities across the department.
DE continued putting its mandatory Holocaust Education – Delivery Requirements policy into action. This work prevents and combats antisemitism and racism in Victorian schools.
Under the policy, all Victorian government secondary school students must be taught about the Holocaust as part of the level 9/10 World War II history curriculum.
DE provided teachers with resources developed in partnership with Holocaust education experts from Victorian cultural organisations and universities.
In addition, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum,
co-funded by the department and the Gandel Foundation, continued to deliver professional learning to teachers. This funding ensures that teachers have the knowledge, pedagogy and confidence to teach about the Holocaust (DE: $44,540 in 2023–24).
DE also funded the Melbourne Holocaust Museum’s new Hidden exhibition for upper primary school students (DE: $30,000 in 2023–24). As part of this program, 3,000 Victorian government students will attend the exhibition and participate in learning activities before and after their visit.
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