Description
The inability of children from Roma settlements to fulfill the requirements of school and their insufficient academic results often leads to grade retention or redeployment to special schools. The process of education for these children therefore often ends when they finish the compulsory school attendance. The goal of the project is to provide the children with a better chance to choose their own way of life and future employment opportunities through the improvement of academic achievements of children from socially excluded Roma localities. A pre-school club for 12 children, regular tutoring for 70 children and career advising for 20 young people will be launched. 30 families will participate in the project activities in order to strengthen the support for education. An added value will be the training of 20 workers with children, the introduction of elements of inclusive education at 3 schools and the development of competencies in 25 future experts. 3 joint activities will contribute to the improvement of the collaboration between the school, family and community centers.
Summary of project results
The inability of children from Roma settlements to fulfil school requirements and the children’s insufficient academic results often lead to grade retention or redeployment to special schools. These children often finish their education process by completing the compulsory school attendance. The sustainability of the project results is rooted in the project objective: to keep increasing the knowledge, skills, and competencies of the target groups. The objective of the project was to provide children from excluded Roma communities with a better chance to choose their own way of life and future employment through the improvement of their academic achievements. The long-term impact of the project can be mainly seen in the fact that activities in Plavecký Štvrtok started thanks to it, and then continued in unchanged form after the project implementation was finished. At the same time, the organisation’s offer of services has been extended by social counselling for adult clients and a low-threshold program for children and youth. The latter is now organised in the form of a low-threshold club twice a week. The outcome of the project: A pre-school club was opened, and regular tutoring for children and career advising for young people was launched. Families participated in the project activities in order to provide an increased support to education. The planned outcome was fully met. Main outputs: the readiness of 21 children for school attendance was increased; the education results of 89 children were improved; the motivation of 39 pupils to continue their studies at high schools was increased; 64 involved families; training was provided to 53 experts (4 seminars); 6 schools were involved in inclusive education; 47 prospective experts participated in 10 seminars; 4 activities were organised for schools, families and community centres Beneficiaries were involved mainly through their active participation in tutoring, career counselling and inclusive education.
Summary of bilateral results