Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Case of the Roma Ethnic Minority in Slovenia
Slovenia has a rather comprehensive legal framework and specific implementing policies to regulate Roma issues. Nevertheless, the improvement of the standard of living of the Roma can only be measured in incremental units. A similar finding also applies to education. So, what went wrong? Roma pupils...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Dve Domovini |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/twohomelands/article/view/10793 |
| Summary: | Slovenia has a rather comprehensive legal framework and specific implementing policies to regulate Roma issues. Nevertheless, the improvement of the standard of living of the Roma can only be measured in incremental units. A similar finding also applies to education. So, what went wrong? Roma pupils enter primary school without the adequate prior knowledge required in Slovene schools. Thus, they simultaneously need to fill their educational gaps and gain new knowledge. A solution thereto is to be provided by the school. The latter is thus burdened with excessive responsibility and obligations as regards ensuring the development of the Roma minority, i.e. it is entrusted with tasks it is unable to perform. The basic hypothesis of this paper is that preschool education and various forms of non-formal education implemented (if possible) in Roma settlements lead to an increase in the human and social capital of the members of the Roma ethnic minority. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-6777 1581-1212 |