There is a “Gypsy Musical Academy” in Italy, and no, it has nothing to do with Roma. It is a school for artists who want to go into musicals.
An article about a schoolteacher, teaching at a Roma school, who says schoolbooks need to be made more attractive. To make it easier for Roma children, she designed special workbooks with letters for dyslexics.
She definitively helps Roma in her school. Whether her approach is the right one remains to be seen.
International experts are discussing innovative education of Roma children in Bratislava.
An article n the Slovenian press on Roma stressing the need for education for Integration.
– Položaj Romov. In: Radio Prvi. 08.04.2019. https://radioprvi.rtvslo.si/2019/03/studio-ob-17-ih-147/ [link-preview url=”https://radioprvi.rtvslo.si/2019/03/studio-ob-17-ih-147/”]
A short article on a program helping young Roma in school in Galicia.
– Gitanos contra los prejuicios. In: La Opinion a Coruna. 18.03.2019. https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html [link-preview url=”https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html”]
Hungary is launching a new program of vocational training for Roma in agriculture. It is supposed to help Roma integration. Unfortunately, Hungary is also one of the leaders in terms of segregated schools at all educational levels, something that goes against integrations.
– Bentlakásos iskolákba terelnék a roma fiatalokat, hogy gazdálkodókat faragjanak belőlük. In: 24.hu. 14.03.2019. https://24.hu/belfold/2019/03/14/bentlakasos-iskola-roma-fiatalok-agroma/
– Agrár szakközépiskolai hálózattal vágnának bele a roma felzárkóztatásba. In: Index.hu. 14.03.2019. https://index.hu/belfold/2019/03/14/roma_ciganysag_felzarkoztatas_oktatas_agroma_program_vilagitotorony_mezogazdasag_szakkozepiskola/ [link-preview url=”https://24.hu/belfold/2019/03/14/bentlakasos-iskola-roma-fiatalok-agroma/ “]
A primary school in Hannover, Germany, is asking the government to limit the number of Roma children that they have to take. Reason behind it is that the city created a new centre for homeless people in the territory covered by the school, and moved a number of Roma there. The school is asking the city to spread the children in other schools.
– Grundschule Mengendamm möchte nicht viele Roma-Kinder aufnehmen. In: Hannoverische Allgemeine. 11.03.2019. http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen [link-preview url=”http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen”]
Several articles appeared in the Slovak press on the call by the EU parliament to have more effective integration policies for Roma, and for furthering their education.
– Europoslanci vyzvali krajiny EÚ na efektívnejšiu integráciu Rómov. In: SME Svet. 12.02.2019. https://svet.sme.sk/c/22051733/europarlament-integracia-romov-v-eu-musi-byt-aktivnejsia.html
– Europoslanci žiadajú EÚ, aby sa aktívnejšie venovali integrácii Rómov. In: Teraz. 12.02.2019. https://www.teraz.sk/spravy/europoslanci-ziadaju-eu-aby-sa-akti/378101-clanok.html
– Europarlament vyzýva štáty, aby robili viac pre integráciu Rómov. In: SME Domov. 12.02.2019. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22051616/europarlament-vyzyva-staty-aby-robili-viac-pre-integraciu-romov.html
– Europoslanci žiadajú krajiny EÚ, aby sa aktívnejšie venovali integrácii Rómov. In: Hlavne Dennik. 12.02.2019. https://www.hlavnydennik.sk/2019/02/12/europoslanci-ziadaju-krajiny-eu-aby-sa-aktivnejsie-venovali-integracii-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/22051733/europarlament-integracia-romov-v-eu-musi-byt-aktivnejsia.html “]
A long article about a school project in North Eastern Hungary. Worthwhile project and read.
– Eine Schule für Europas Unberührbare. Die Zeit. 06.02.2019. https://www.zeit.de/2019/07/bildung-ungarn-schule-ghetto-roma-jugendliche [link-preview url=”https://www.zeit.de/2019/07/bildung-ungarn-schule-ghetto-roma-jugendliche”]
The story of a young Romni in School in the UK.
– “We the youth must never give up the fight for Roma equality”. In: The Travellers’ Times. 07.02.2019. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-youth-must-never-give-fight-roma-equality?fbclid=IwAR3Ws_-zv41P3ms9WQ0SkHBP7rQ0qhOUJ-EeB38RWSWU1MIZdf8vqIyORwU [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-youth-must-never-give-fight-roma-equality?fbclid=IwAR3Ws_-zv41P3ms9WQ0SkHBP7rQ0qhOUJ-EeB38RWSWU1MIZdf8vqIyORwU”]
According to the executive director of the National Association of Public Mediators Valeriu Celdararu, education is one of the most acute problems of the Roma community in the Republic of Moldova. According to him, about 80% of the Roma population is illiterate, and due to lack of education they cannot get a job, respectively, cannot access medical services, and fall into a vicious circle of poverty and exclusion.
Never mind that no one agrees how many Roma live in Moldova, which casts a doubt on the 80%, there are many poor uneducated Roma in the country.
– Заявление: Образование является одной из самых острых проблем сообщества ромов. In: NOI. 12.02.2019. https://noi.md/ru/obshhestvo/zayavlenie-obrazovanie-yavlyaetsya-odnoj-iz-samyh-ostryh-problem-soobshhestva-romov [link-preview url=”https://noi.md/ru/obshhestvo/zayavlenie-obrazovanie-yavlyaetsya-odnoj-iz-samyh-ostryh-problem-soobshhestva-romov”]
Not many news in France on Roma this week. An article in Libération is somewhat disturbing. While it is called “No one has Roma friends, I asked myself why”, it nevertheless perpetuates clichés which is what the French press is doing all the time. Other than that, the usual news. In Western France, Roma children need to go to school; the site of a former camp was cleaned up in Nantes; near Paris, a squat was damaged by fire; and in the North, several housing projects, also targeted at Roma will be funded.
– «Personne n’a d’amis roms, je me suis demandé pourquoi». In: Libération. 23.01.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951
– Vertou. Une trentaine d’enfants Roms à scolariser. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou-44120/vertou-une-trentaine-d-enfants-roms-scolariser-6193822
– Coups de tractopelle pour une première opération de nettoyage à l’Est de Nantes. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/coups-de-tractopelle-l-est-de-nantes-6193778
– Dammarie-les-Lys : un squat endommagé par un incendie. In: Le Parisien. 22.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/dammarie-les-lys-un-squat-endommage-par-un-incendie-22-01-2019-7993941.php
– Lille : Un jury citoyen a voté, 18 projets d’habitants seront financés en 2019. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/527202/article/2019-01-25/un-jury-citoyen-vote-18-projets-d-habitants-seront-finances-en-2019 [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951 “]
A Roma choir visited Belfast this week and took parts in workshops with schoolchildren in the city.
– Roma choir sings for Belfast schools to ‘bridge the divide’. In: BBC News. 25.01.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146″]
A Roma community centre will be built in Liptovska Teplicka in central Slovakia. It is meant to help schooling Roma in manual and computer work and is funded by the EU.
Question is as usual, is this the right solution?
– V Liptovskej Tepličke plánujú postaviť komunitné centrum pre rómov. In: Spiš Korzar. 22.01.2019. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/22035103/v-liptovskej-teplicke-planuju-postavit-komunitne-centrum-pre-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/22035103/v-liptovskej-teplicke-planuju-postavit-komunitne-centrum-pre-romov.html”]
Ábel Ravasz, the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Roma Communities wants to focus on education and housing this year. On housing, the focus will be in improving living conditions (water, electricity) for the community, and on education, the focus will be on pre-school help.
– Ábel Ravasz sa v tomto roku zameria na vzdelávanie a bývanie Rómov. In: Teraz. 17.01.2019. https://www.teraz.sk/spravy/abel-ravasz-sa-v-tomto-roku-zameria-na/373001-clanok.html
– Ravasz sa v tomto roku zameria na vzdelávanie, zamestnanosť a bývanie Rómov. In: Hlavne Spravy. 17.01.2019. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/ravasz-sa-tomto-roku-zameria-vzdelavanie-zamestnanost-byvanie-romov/1642742 [link-preview url=”https://www.teraz.sk/spravy/abel-ravasz-sa-v-tomto-roku-zameria-na/373001-clanok.html “]
The Slovak government has unveiled a new action plan for the integration of the Roma community, focusing on education and health care.
Let’s see…
– Viac vzdelania a kvalitné zdravotníctvo, ministerstvo pripravilo pre Rómov akčný plan. In: Web Noviny. 15.01.2019. https://www.webnoviny.sk/viac-vzdelania-a-kvalitne-zdravotnictvo-ministerstvo-pripravilo-pre-romov-akcny-plan/
– Vládny akčný plán integrácie Rómov sa zameriava na päť prioritných oblastí. In: Postoj. 15.01.2019. https://www.postoj.sk/39693/vladny-akcny-plan-integracie-romov-sa-zameriava-na-paet-prioritnych-oblasti [link-preview url=”https://www.webnoviny.sk/viac-vzdelania-a-kvalitne-zdravotnictvo-ministerstvo-pripravilo-pre-romov-akcny-plan/ “]
The story of a small village in the North East of Hungary with a large Rroma minority, and the setup of a special school to help Roma have a better education. This additional school was set up by a Roma association, and has been facing issues (relocation etc.) in the village.
– Miért elégedetlenek Lucfalván a tanodával? In: Index. 03.01.2019. https://index.hu/belfold/2019/01/03/lucfalva_nograd_megye_tanoda/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2019/01/03/lucfalva_nograd_megye_tanoda/”]
The data on the academic results of the Roma community continue to worry. 64% of Roma children leave the classroom without the diploma of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) while the dropout rate of the rest of school children is at 16%. This gap began to be reduced little by little during the last years thanks to initiatives such as the Promociona program, promoted by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, which has been developing in other Asturian councils since 2009.
– Activos contra el abandono escolar Gitano. In: El Comercio. 31.12.2018. https://www.elcomercio.es/asturias/cuencas/activos-abandono-escolar-gitano-asturias-20181230103715-nt.html [link-preview url=”https://www.elcomercio.es/asturias/cuencas/activos-abandono-escolar-gitano-asturias-20181230103715-nt.html”]
The Vice-Governor of the Slovak Central Bank, Ľudovít Ódor, said in an interview that
“It is high time to talk more openly about controlled migration, activation of the Roma minority, brain drain and education system in Slovakia.” The focus is on getting more skilled worked in the country.
– SLOVENSKO potrebuje riadenú MIGRÁCIU a RÓMOV aktivizovať. In: Dennik. 28.12.2018. http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/51321 [link-preview url=”http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/51321”]
The US Embassy in Prague awarded its Human Right Prize to Magdalena Karrvayova for the work with Romani children.
Well done!
– US Embassy in Prague gives human rights award to Magdalena Karvayová for helping Romani children access quality education. In: Romea. 14.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/us-embassy-in-prague-gives-human-rights-award-to-magdalena-karvayova-for-helping-romani-children-access-quality-education-2 [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/us-embassy-in-prague-gives-human-rights-award-to-magdalena-karvayova-for-helping-romani-children-access-quality-education-2″]
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