{"id":1212,"date":"2014-11-21T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/21-11-2014-persistent-segregation-of-rroma-pupils-in-the-czech-republic\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:47:20","slug":"21-11-2014-persistent-segregation-of-rroma-pupils-in-the-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/21-11-2014-persistent-segregation-of-rroma-pupils-in-the-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"21.11.2014 Persistent segregation of Rroma pupils in the Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Beger (2014) reports on \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe continued segregation of Rroma pupils in the Czech Republic. The \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdisproportionately high allocation of Rroma into so-called \u201cpractical schools\u201d, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twith which the students have almost no chance to a job in a free market economy, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas repeatedly criticised in recent months and years. A few weeks ago, the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean Commission has threatened to initiate proceedings against the Czech \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgovernment for violation of the anti-discrimination legislation. But \u00a0in spite several verdicts of the European \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcourts, including the case \u201cD. H. and Others vs. the Czech Republic\u201d, which the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcondemned the Czech rulers for discrimination, until now, little has changed on \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsegregation: \u201c<em>On a recent visit to D\u011b\u010d\u00edn, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin the north of the Czech Republic, Amnesty International met Tereza. After her \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teldest son was transferred to a school for children with \u2018mild mental \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdisabilities\u2019, having missed classes following a broken leg and surgery, she was \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdetermined not to let history repeat itself with her younger son, Dan. Despite \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpushing for Dan to remain in mainstream education, the director told Tereza \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat she didn\u2019t want him in the school, and didn\u2019t have the resources \u2018to be \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbothered\u2019 with him. Currently, both sons of Tereza attend a \u2018practical school\u2019. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe prospects for Romani children who do make it to mainstream education aren\u2019t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmuch better. Many are segregated into \u2018Roma only\u2019 schools or classes with lower \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teducational standards, with Romani parents given little choice as to where to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsend their children. In January 2014, a primary school in Ostrava rejected 12 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildren at registration; 10 were Roma. All the children lived in the catchment \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tarea.\u201d<\/em> Whether the Czech government will fulfil the demand of the European \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommission to end desegregation, is still uncertain. In the Czech Republic, there \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlive an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 Rroma (compare Jurist 2014).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beger, Nicolas (2014) Racism, segregation, and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trejection: The reality for Romani children in the Czech Republic. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Amnesty International online<\/em> vom \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t13.11.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/livewire.amnesty.org\/2014\/11\/13\/racism-segregation-and-rejection-the-reality-for-romani-children-in-the-czech-republic\/\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/livewire.amnesty.org\/2014\/11\/13\/racism-segregation-and-rejection-the-reality-for-romani-children-in-the-czech-republic\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jurist (2014) Amnesty: Czech Republic \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontinuously places Roma pupils in special needs schools. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Jurist online <\/em>vom 13.11.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/jurist.org\/paperchase\/2014\/11\/amnesty-czech-republic-places-gypsy-children-special-needs-schools---dnp.php\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/jurist.org\/paperchase\/2014\/11\/amnesty-czech-republic-places-gypsy-children-special-needs-schools&#8212;dnp.php<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beger (2014) reports on the continued segregation of Rroma pupils in the Czech Republic. 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