St Peter Claver indigenous education liaison officer Kargun Fogarty is backing calls to introduce indigenous language into schools. Photo by Rob Williams.

AN INDIGENOUS Ipswich educator has backed calls for Aboriginal languages to be taught in primary schools and protected for future generations.

St Peter Claver College’s indigenous education liaison officer Kargun Fogarty said teaching the traditional language would benefit students, whether they were indigenous or not.

His comments came after Dr Dale Kerwin, a research fellow from the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, suggested the languages should be taught in school and protected by law.

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