DCC will also fund teaching assistant support for an agreed period to enable the child to be safe and able to access non-core subjects such as Art, Tech etc. Schools are expected to fund access for core subjects such as Maths, English from core funding or Pupil Premium. For a child in care, this support will be provided through the Virtual School. Background Information Countries of origin: languages and religions Country Languages Religions Country profiles Afghanistan 50% Dari 85-90% Islam Sunni 35% Pashto 10-15% Islam Shia Albania 98% Albanian 58% Islam Sunni with Bektashi minority 17% Christianity: Catholic, Orthodox Eritrea 55% Tigrinya 50% Christianity various 30% Tigre >48% Islam Sunni 15% other minority Ethiopia 34% Oromo 60% Christianity: Orthodox, 29% Amharic (official Protestant, Catholic language) 34% Sunni Tigrinya and many Judaism and traditional minority faiths Iran 50-55% Persian 90-95% Islam Shia 18-22% Azeri 5-10% Islam Sunni 7-10% Kurdish 7% Luri Several other minority Iraq Arabic (majority) 60-65% Islam Shia 15-20% Kurdish 32-37% Islam Sunni Turkmen, Neo-Aramic Christianity small minority and other minority Syria Arabic majority 74% Islam Sunni Kurdish significant 13% Islam Alawi, Shia, minority Ismaili Several other minority 10% Christianity 3% Druze Vietnam Vietnamese majority Officially atheist 8% Buddhism 7% Christianity Many other nationalities also arrive - at June 2016, Kent was looking after young people from 21 different countries. Other countries: <country name> select country from drop-down box and click on and Society” for language – “People and faith information
DCC will also fund teaching assistant support for an agreed period to enable the child to be safe and able to access non-core subjects such as Art, Tech etc. Schools are expected to fund access for core subjects such as Maths, English from core funding or Pupil Premium. For a child in care, this support will be provided through the Virtual School. Background Information Countries of origin: languages and religions Country Languages Religions Country profiles Afghanistan 50% Dari 35% Pashto 85-90% Islam Sunni 10-15% Islam Shia Albania 98% Albanian 58% Islam Sunni with Bektashi minority 17% Christianity: Catholic, Orthodox Eritrea 55% Tigrinya 30% Tigre 15% other minority 50% Christianity various >48% Islam Sunni Ethiopia 34% Oromo 29% Amharic (official language) Tigrinya and many minority 60% Christianity: Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic 34% Sunni Judaism and traditional faiths Iran 50-55% Persian 18-22% Azeri 7-10% Kurdish 7% Luri Several other minority 90-95% Islam Shia 5-10% Islam Sunni Iraq Arabic (majority) 15-20% Kurdish Turkmen, Neo-Aramic and other minority 60-65% Islam Shia 32-37% Islam Sunni Christianity small minority Syria Arabic majority Kurdish significant minority Several other minority 74% Islam Sunni 13% Islam Alawi, Shia, Ismaili 10% Christianity 3% Druze Vietnam Vietnamese majority Officially atheist 8% Buddhism 7% Christianity Many other nationalities also arrive - at June 2016, Kent was looking after young people from 21 different countries. Other countries: <country name> – select country from drop-down box and click on “People and Society” for language and faith information
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