According to the articles, many children from the Podtatra Roma community speak exclusively Romanes at home. When they start school, they may therefore have a problem with understanding the Slovak language. This is already a false premise, Roma are dual language speakers from early on.
The pilot project in the village of Rakúsy aims to improve this situation thanks to the first national school, where teaching will also be in the Romani language. In the village, 74 percent of the over 2,000 inhabitants claim to be Roma. The most used language is Romanes.
Well, this will result in a segegrated school, whose standards will drop, and will contribute to further marginalisation.
- Pod Tatrami vznikne národnostná škola. Deti sa v nej budú môcť učiť po rómsky. In: TV Noviny. 24.10.2024. https://tvnoviny.sk/domace/clanok/931989-pod-tatrami-vznikne-narodnostna-skola-deti-sa-v-nej-budu-moct-ucit-po-romsky