Pre-primary education of Roma children in Serbia: barriers and possibilities.

Autor/in	Macura-Milovanovic, Suncica
Titel	Pre-primary education of Roma children in Serbia: barriers and possibilities.
Quelle	In: CEPS journal, 3 (2013) 2, S. 9-28Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-2647
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-79537
Schlagwörter	Bildungszugang; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Integration; Chancengleichheit; Diskriminierung; Gesundheit; Kind; Programm; Serbien; Vorschulerziehung; Soziale Integration; Projekt; Siedlungsstruktur; Kind; Vorschulerziehung; Programm; Projekt; Siedlungsstruktur; Gesundheit; Diskriminierung; Wohnsituation; Benachteiligung; Finanzielle Situation; Ethnische Minderheit; Serbien
Abstract	In Serbia, as in the other countries of the Western Balkans and South-Eastern Europe, the most disadvantaged communities belong to the Roma minority. The present paper demonstrates the conditions of Roma preschool children in Serbia: primarily their early education, but also habitation and health in Roma settlements. The data highlight the under-representation of Roma children in pre-primary education, although their growing up in extremely deprived settlements would suggest a need for their earliest possible inclusion in pre-primary services. The paper analyses the following barriers to the access of Roma children to the system of pre-primary education: the poverty of Roma families; discrimination and prejudice towards Roma; the lack of intercultural provision; insufficient inter-sectorial cooperation; the underdeveloped network of preschool institutions; and the absence of kindergartens in Roma settlements. In addition, possible ways to increase the coverage of Roma children in pre-primary education are discussed. As a transitory solution, the paper proposes comprehensive community-based programmes that could contribute to the education, care, health and overall development of young Roma children before their inclusion in desegregated programmes in preschool institutions. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2013/4