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: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 3 (2013) 2, S.9-28 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1855-9719
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Barriers; Educational Opportunities; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Early Childhood Education; Minority Group Children; Disproportionate Representation; Poverty; Social Discrimination; Social Justice; Access to Education; Educational Quality; Housing; Disadvantaged Environment; Financial Support; Intercultural Programs; Regional Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Community Programs; Serbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Armut; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Unterkunft; Finanzielle Förderung; Regionale Zusammenarbeit; cooperation; Kooperation; 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. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva plošcad 16. Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-5892-344; e-mail: editors@cepsj.si; Web site: http://www.cepsj.si/doku.php?id=en:cepsj
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01