01-07-2025
The Wicklow adult education graduate finding her way in Ireland – ‘Before I did these courses, I felt dependent'
Bray People
A woman from Bangladesh who arrived in Ireland less than one year ago, with very little English, was able to stand up in front of a group of her peers and their families and give a speech at her graduation ceremony recently in Bray, Co Wicklow.
Surovi Akter qualified from Bray Adult Learning Centre last month with a QQI Level 4 English and Level 4 IT, and although she admitted struggling with the language barrier when she arrived in Ireland with her husband, who is also from Bangladesh but has a Portuguese passport, has now reached a level of proficiency in English and IT to be able to go to the jobs market with a lot more confidence.
