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The objective of the new integration policy is as follows:
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The objective of the new integration policy is as follows: • ”…to strengthen cohesion in the Aarhus society and to ensure that everyone – irrespective of ethnic and cultural background – participate as active citizens with respect for fundamental democratic values. Ethnic minorities shall in reality have the same opportunities, rights and duties as other citizens of Aarhus.”
As of September 2006: 5,521 bilingual pupils in the municipal primary and lower-secondary schools • This corresponds to 18,4 % of all pupils in the schools of Aarhus • 0% -15 % : 31 schools • 15 % - 30 %: 9 schools • 30 % - 50 %: 5 schools • 50 % - 70 %: 2 schools • 70 % - 100%: 5 schools
Goal: • The Municipal Department for Youth must work professionally and with high quality to ensure that children and young people in Aarhus Municipality acquire the necessary technical, personal, social and cultural competences enabling everyone to complete a study and be capable of active participation in society as democratic citizens. • All institutions must contribute to develop and implement Aarhus Municipality’s new integration policy focusing on fellow citizenship and antidiscrimination, including a language plan of action for all children and young people.
The differentiated effort is: 1) Language instruction for children aged 3-6. 2) Magnet schools 3) New acts from the Parliament 4) Full day schools.
Language instruction for children aged 3-6. Goal: All bilingual children must be able to begin their schooling in a regular pre-school class and they must be included in the free choice of schools across school districts.
Magnet schools The overall goal of magnet schools is to make sure that the pupils of the district are contained through for instance a strong local school profile and superior professional competence. The magnet school concept includes the 8 schools which have the largest percentage of bilingual pupils (48-100%)
Full day schools The goal of full day schools is to provide children, who have Danish as their second language, with good schooling which will strengthen them linguistically, in terms of subject proficiency as well as socially and culturally.