Surrey Schools Punjabi Language Program

Surrey Schools offers Punjabi as a four-year language pathway that can meet the provincial second-language requirement instead of French. Students begin in Grade 5 and continue through Grades 6 and 7, with an expectation to stay into Grade 8.

Elementary classes currently list Green Timbers and Beaver Creek, depending on community interest, with secondary Punjabi at Enver Creek and Tamanawis. The program uses the B.C. Punjabi as a Second Language curriculum with a teacher fluent in Punjabi.

Ask the school about current sections before you treat Punjabi as a guaranteed Grade 5 option at every Surrey elementary. Site availability follows interest and staffing, not only the district brochure.