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IPA Multi-beneficiary Programme 2012 ”Promoting Inclusive Education” Regional Workshop Ohri d , 24-26 October 2011 Croatian Policy on Inclusive Roma Education. Nada Jakir, Senior Advisor Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Directorate for National Minorities Zagreb, Croatia
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IPA Multi-beneficiary Programme 2012 ”Promoting Inclusive Education” Regional Workshop Ohrid, 24-26 October 2011 Croatian Policy on Inclusive Roma Education Nada Jakir, Senior Advisor Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Directorate for National Minorities Zagreb, Croatia nada.jakir@mzos.hr www.mzos.hr
Internationallegislation provision: UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities The conventions/charters/recommendations of the Council of Europe
Domestic legislation provision: • Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities • Law on Use of Language and Script of National Minorities • Law on the Education in the Language and Script of National Minorities • Discrimination Prevention Act • Law on Education in Primary and Secondary School • Law on Preschool Education
Governmental strategies on socialinclusion of Roma: • National Programe for Roma (2003) • revised document will be adopted in 2012 • Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion (2005-2015) • revised every two years
Componentsof the strategic documents: Social welfare Health Education Employment Housing & Infrastructure
The main goals of educational part of strategic documents: Increasing the inclusion of Roma children in preschool education Increasing the inclusion of Roma pupils in primary education Increasing the inclusion of Roma students in secondary education Increasing the number of Roma higher education students Providing literacy & primary education and the qualification programs for Roma adults
Education components & measures: • Preschool Education • integrated preschool education (kindergartens) • preschool program in the year before primary school enrolment(kindergartens, primary schools) • Primary Education • enrolment of children in primary education (ensuring the transport free of charge) • inclusion in after-school activities (ensuring the free of charge meal and help in writing homework & additional learning) • Roma assistants • Secondary Education • scholarship for every student and accommodation in dormitory if necessary • Higher Education • scholarship and accommodation in dormitory if necessary • Adult Education • literacy & primary education and qualification programs
Data on Schooling of Roma Children/Youth in Croatia: Preschool Education: • 2005/2006 345 (no data on male & female) • 2006/2007 518 (no data on male & female) • 2007/2008 747 (346 m, 401 f) • 2008/2009 692 (350 m, 342 f) • 2009/2010 824 (422 m, 402 f) • 2010/2011 799 (394 m, 405 f) Source: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, database 2011
Data on Schooling of Roma Children/Youth in Croatia: Primary Education: • 2005/2006 1013 (no data on male & female) • 2006/2007 3010 (no data on male & female) • 2007/2008 3786 (1934 m, 1852 f) • 2008/2009 3940 (1980 m, 1960 f) • 2009/2010 4186 (2176 m, 2010 f) • 2010/2011 4435 (2246 m, 2189 f)
Data on Schooling of Roma Children/Youth in Croatia: Secondary Education: • 2005/2006 72 (no data on male & female) • 2006/2007 172 (no data on male & female) • 2007/2008 186 (117 m, 69 f) • 2008/2009 224 (129 m, 95 f) • 2009/2010 304 (166 m, 138 f) • 2010/2011 341 (177 m, 164 f) All secondary school Roma students get scholarships from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.
Data on Schooling of Roma Children/Youth in Croatia: Higher Education: • 2005/2006 7 (no data on male & female) • 2006/2007 10 (no data on male & female) • 2007/2008 12 (4m, 8 f) • 2008/2009 20 (11 m, 9 f) • 2009/2010 25 (12 m, 13 f) • 2010/2011 26 (11 m, 15 f) All higher education Roma students get scholarships from the National Foundation for Secondary & Higher Education Student Support
Allocation of resources: • State budget on the position of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (and other ministries for different parts of strategic documents) • IPA Component 4 – Human resources development operational programme • financing projects by other international sources • Regional & Local government budget
http://www.mzos.hr phone: +385 1 4594 355 fax: +385 1 4594 319 e-mail: nada.jakir@mzos.hr Address: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Directorate for National Minorities DonjeSvetice38 10000 Zagreb, Croatia