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Description
According to the Social Inclusion Strategy of the Czech Republic 2021-2030, The strategy of the Education Policy of the Czech Republic until 2030 and even according to our practical experience, early departures of Romani pupils from education is a major problem. Early school leaving is often caused by a lack of motivation for both Roma pupils and students themselves and their parents. The project responds to this situation and aims to create an environment that encourages Roma pupils and students to continue their education.
We implement the project mainly in the town of Velké Hamry, in the Liberec Region. Some holiday extracurricular activities will be implemented outside the Liberec region within the Czech Republic. We will implement holiday extracurricular and leisure activities aiming at a versatile personality to develop Roma children, pupils and students and spend time together. We will set up a position of community coordinator whose job will be to prepare and implement individual leisure, weekend and holiday activities, especially for Roma children. We will also focus on increasing the competencies of professional pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff in the field of inclusion of Roma pupils through internships and workshops. The school will have a school attendance coordinator, whose job will be primarily to communicate with the school and Roma families in the field of education. The school attendance coordinator will work with other actors who can influence the prevention of school failure.
Last but not least, we will support multicultural dialogue, tolerance and mutual respect between the Roma and the majority society by organizing events for the general public.
Summary of project results
The project was needed with regard to the necessity of strengthening the inclusion and status of
Roma, motivating Roma children to study and preventing them from leaving school early, as well as
supporting parents of children in order to increase the popularity of education in the whole family.
The challenge for us was the ambition to involve many of Roma families in the planned activities, to
teach the children visit the clubhouse, and to lead them to meaningful activities.
We implemented free time, holiday and stay activities for children and their parents. The
importance of these activities consisted on the one hand in developing the skills and knowledge of
children for successful completion of regular schooling, filling children''s free time with meaningful
activities, involvement of parents in these activities and involvement in working with children as
part of various activities to develop school readiness. We focused on developing the competencies
of project and other workers. The support consisted of supervision, implementation of internships
and workshops. We created two jobs, School Attendance Coordinator and Community Coordinator,
who participated in the implementation of activities. Thanks to the work of the first one, problems
with attendance were solved and cooperation between the school and parents improved. The
activities formed a system leading to higher children´s success in school and also increased their
motivation for education.
Families involved:62, municipalities involved:10, average number of children involved: 40.96. The
project enabled the children to gain new experiences, skills, interests, support at school, and get to
know new places. For parents, the development of skills when working with children in the field of
education, support in school, better understanding of information. Development of employees''
knowledge in the field of prevention of early departures. Children''s attendance at school has
improved.
The project was important to the inclusion of the Roma. Children are more selfconfident, have
acquired new skills and experiences, they can better manage school teaching. Parents have
improved their competence, thanks to the support of the coordinator they communicate better with
the school. They participate and work together. The town continues with activities in the clubhouse
and at the school, and with activities in education. The positive impact on the target group will
continue.