Take a step forward

Project facts

Project promoter:
Primary school Krásnohorské Podhradie
Project Number:
SK04-0018
Target groups
Roma,
Children
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€39,180
Final project cost:
€28,244
From EEA Grants:
€ 24,007
The project is carried out in:
Slovakia

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Description

The need of this project is necessitated by the social situation at the school, affected by the high percentage of students in poverty, but mainly pupils from low-stimulating social disadvantaged environment. It is time-consuming process, where there is the need to focus not only on children, but also on their parents and other people from the neighborhood, affected by this problem and influence it.The project objective is to support education of Roma by providing conditions for educational process, spread information and raise awareness. By the implementation of the project we wish through getting to know Roma traditions and values to purposefully grow the relationship of pupils to assets both own and foreign values and convince them, that only the path of knowledge will lead them to better future. The project output is to bring ethnic history, its traditions, and important representatives as well to implement the elements Roma culture into school classes, such as “Realities of Roma”and“Roma language and literature.Target groups of the project are roma pupils, other pupils from the school, parents, residents of the village and society.

Summary of project results

The school is sincerely glad that it was able to draw all the benefits of the project, whether those benefits had the educational character, spiritual enrichment of teachers and students or the benefits in terms of the material equipment. The subject Roma culture has provided tothe pupils to gain a more complete view of identity, community, history and the present of Roma. Qualitatively the conditions for interest activities within the Elementary School were improved thanks to material project equipment also it improved the representation of the school. Students mostly from socially disadvantaged backgrounds have had the opportunity to see and meet the top professional group ROMATHAN, Gypsy folklore from Gemer area during the event the Open Day.

Summary of bilateral results