School – rroma.org https://rroma.org Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:52:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png School – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Burgenland https://rroma.org/burgenland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burgenland Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:52:00 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32264 On the occasion of International Roma Day, the Roma National High School last week invited young people to a youth event in the Borta Open House (OHO). Young members of the Roma, Croatian and Hungarian ethnic groups participated. The main topic was networking and involving young people in political processes.

]]> Hungarian School https://rroma.org/hungarian-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hungarian-school Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:46:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32234 The strange story of a Roma school in the Hungarian countryside named after an Indian buddhist figure.

]]> Roma Inclusion https://rroma.org/roma-inclusion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-inclusion Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:21:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31841 Students from the sixth to eighth grades of the “22. oktobar” Elementary School from Bački Monoštor, who attend the elective subject Romani language with elements of national culture, visited the Roma Inclusion Office in Novi Sad.

Accompanied by teacher Ivan Petrović, during this educational visit the students had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the work of this institution and the activities carried out to improve the position of the Roma community.

]]> Schools and Roma https://rroma.org/schools-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schools-and-roma-3 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:31:19 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31794 At one of the larger primary schools in Dolenjska, Slovenia, 15 students are repeating a grade this year, all of them Roma children. The data was confirmed by the principal of the Kočevje Assembly of Delegates Primary School, Peter Pirc.

The principal explains that a large number of unsuccessful students appear almost every year, especially in the first and sixth grades. The first grade is particularly pronounced, where many children have problems right from the start of school.

]]> School Segregation https://rroma.org/school-segregation-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-segregation-3 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:46:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30467 The segregation of Roma pupils in Czech schools is failing to be addressed. The European Commission has repeatedly ordered the Czech Republic to deal with inequalities in education. Fines of hundreds of millions of euros are looming over the Czech Republic.

]]> Kosovo: Renovation https://rroma.org/kosovo-renovation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kosovo-renovation Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:19:30 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30395 The renovation of a Roma school in Mitrovica, Kosovo that was originally funded by the Serbian funds. Now, the Kosovo government is renovating the building transforming it in a refuge for women.

Well, let’s see, but at least, a segregated school is gone.

]]> Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-and-schools-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-and-schools-3 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:23:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30224 Kristiana Koleva, who was the weightlifting coach of 15-year-old Krasi, who was stabbed and killed in a Sofia mall, was a special guest on “Darik’s Day” and shared what her calling is.

“We tell them how to be decent people, to study, to get up early, not to be on those phones. But do you know what I think? That the state is also very guilty of this. And the family. Believe me, these children have a lot of bread in them and they are good people, but we have to work with them. This is not only done by the coaches in the gym. We are like a father, like a mother to them. But the state also has to work.”

]]> Fate in Bulgaria https://rroma.org/fate-in-bulgaria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fate-in-bulgaria Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:42:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28957 Dafina Paskaleva’s life was not easy: he grew up in an orphanage, because his Roma parents apparently abandoned him as a baby. Everyone told him that he would never amount to anything. Today, he is a teacher who believes in his students – and they in him.

]]> Brno: “Problematic” school https://rroma.org/brno-problematic-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brno-problematic-school Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:22:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28037 It used to be an elite institution where no Roma students attended. However, after merging with a neighboring elementary school, Merhautova Elementary School became a school where most of the students are Roma and, in recent years, Ukrainian. Does this sound like a recipe for disaster? But that did not happen at the Brno elementary school. Children and parents expressed their opinion in a satisfaction survey that “Merhautka” has the best internal climate of all Brno schools.

The proof that integration works.

]]> Lunik IX and Education https://rroma.org/lunik-ix-and-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lunik-ix-and-education Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:47:10 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27620 Michaela Cingeľová, a unique teacher who decided to go to teach at the Ľudmila Podjavorinská Elementary School in Luník IX four years ago. This is one of the most notorious ghettos in Slovakia.

 In addition, she founded a project in her hometown that makes Roma children look forward to going to school on Saturdays.

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