Jewish schools receive

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THE Federal Government this week pitched in to help Melbourne Jewish schools that have delayed construction plans due to a lack of funds. Six of Melbourne’s Jewish primary schools received more than $13 million for major projects in round two of the Primary Schools for the 21st Century program.

Adass Israel School, Leibler Yavneh College, Mount Scopus Memorial College, Sholem Aleichem Collefge, Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Colleges and The King David School are among 776 primary schools in Victoria to have been awarded a share of the $1.4 billion package.Mount Scopus College this week revealed it would now commence major building projects that were announced at the beginning of 2008, but put on hold due to a lack of funding.

A total of $4.5 million was awarded to Mount Scopus College, which will be used to rebuild Gandel Besen House and to construct a new upper-primary school at the Burwood Gandel Campus. Funding for schools in NSW is yet to be announced.

More to come in The AJN print edition, on sale on Thursday