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Entrepreneurial passion brings transformation to children who face language education marginalisation Integrated Brilliant Education Ltd (IBEL) was co-founded by two passionate social entrepreneurs, Manoj Dhar and Geetanjali Dhar in 2015. IBEL's mission is to educate and empower the underprivileged non-Chinese speaking (NCS) children in Hong Kong for a better future. The challenge and beneficiaries NCS children attending free local schools struggle with language-based educational exclusion. However, all signs point towards the growing numbers of the NCS children and their potential to play a key role in Hong Kong's future. Over a period of ten years (2011-2021), non non-Chinese ethnicities in Hong Kong increased from 6.4% to 8.4% of the total population. NCS children who study in the mainstream free schools struggle to perform well academically. This is because there are insufficient resources to teach them literacy in Chinese, the learning language for many core subjects. As a result, many NCS students find it hard to excel in their studies. This leads to a chain of negative effects, such as self-doubt, exclusion and inequity, constraining their healthy personal development. These negative effects often continue to affect their development as adults.
Author: Catalyst 2030
