# Families and mother-tongue schools

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/development/programmes/families-and-mother-tongue-schools/_

Support for families who pass on Kurdish and for weekend mother-tongue schools.

## Record

- **Platform**: Development
- **State**: forming
- **Lede**: Many children abroad learn Kurdish only at home or in weekend classes. This network supports parents and mother-tongue teachers in every variety and script.
- **Parents and children**: A course where heritage children learn Kurdish with their parents.
- **Teacher training**: Training for weekend and mother-tongue teachers.
- **Every variety**: Materials for Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish, Gorani and Hawrami.
- **Scripts**: Support for Latin, Arabic-based and Cyrillic scripts.
- **Host-country rules**: Information on mother-tongue teaching in public schools where it exists.
- **Audience**: Parents, Heritage children, Mother-tongue teachers, Weekend school organisers
- **Step 1**: Join: a family or school registers interest.
- **Step 2**: Choose: pick the variety and script the family uses.
- **Step 3**: Learn: families and teachers use the courses and materials.
- **Step 4**: Connect: schools share practice through the network.

## Provenance

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## See also

- [Development](https://kurds.global/development/)