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Project ‘RESLIPEN - Success Through Education For Roma Children’ tackles the problem of early leaves of the education process that appears amongst Roma children. Problem is a part of the wide structural inequality that reflects in the education results of socially excluded Roma children in the South Moravian Region and the Czech Republic. The problem leads to a low level of education in the Romas and their indecent application in society.The project aims strengthen the inclusion of the Roma minority through education, thus achieving their greater emancipation and reducing the risks associated with social exclusion. Increasing success and achieving a higher level of education is a prerequisite for the target group’s future economic self-sufficiency. This also has the potential of enhancing opportunities in their future careers or in a process of finding housing. The project will support more than 180 children and their parents in enhancing their motivation, knowledge and competencies needed for reaching success in education. Support will focus on the transition from one level of education to another.
We will achieve the project’s goals through these activities: 1. Cooperation of families and schools in the field of preschool, primary and secondary education, 2. Increasing competencies of the professional pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff in the field of inclusion of Roma children, pupils and students, 3. Carrying out activities that allow Roma children to develop their personality, through regular involvement in leisure activities, 4. Removing barriers in teaching and preventing school failure, 5. Carrying out extracurricular holiday activities.
The project’s main three target groups are Roma children, pupils and students, their parents, and pedagogical/non-pedagogical staff. The project is implemented by the NGO IQ Roma servis, in partnership with the NGO The Association of Romanies in Moravia and J. A. Komenský Elementary School and Kindergarten Brno.
Summary of project results
The project was needed because of the long-lasting problem of early school leaving of Roma pupils and the lack of cooperation between social services, schools and other actors.The main challenge was the effects of the Ukraine war, which complicated the cooperation with the partner school.Inflation was a problem, some activities had to be slightly changed.Another challenge was the media w. held in cooperation with the SRNM organization, the view on some aspects of the activity was differing.
The project made it possible to finance activities that are not covered by other project calls.Establishing cooperation with schools and key actors in education, which allows for more complex and systemic solutions.The conference was important in this respect, where it was possible to connect previously uncooperative school principals, municipal officials and organizations supporting desegregation.We deepened cooperation with schools and supported teachers'' competences through seminars, supervision and individual support.The project has enabled us to implement completely new activities, such as media w. Through a number of activities we directly supported families and their children, improving the regularity of cooperation and parenting
competences.All of these activities had a positive effect on the integration of Roma into society and the prevention of early school leaving. We promoted effective practices and solutions both at the level of individual support and systemic changes.
The project supported 138 parents and 584 children through leisure activities, tutoring, w. and camps. The project implemented activities for 82 teachers in 4 towns and published a methodology for dropout prevention.A conference was held with 127 participants.This led to an increase in parenting and teaching competences and to more regular work with families. An unintended consequence is a significant shift in addressing desegregation; key actors have made contact at the conference and continue to work together.