Language learning to foreign parents and students in elementary school of Grava cancelled

Policy Response DateDecember 9, 2007 Country: Greece Address: Grava, Athens General Type: Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Education

The 132nd Elementary school of Grava (Athens) is mostly consisted by foreign students (up to 72%), especially from Albania, Russia and Ukraine. Its former principal, Stella Protonotariou, started 9 years earlier programs of Greek language learning to foreign parents and mother-tongue learning to foreign students with great appeal and positive results. The ministry of education released a decision to cancel these programs and replaced the principalm invoking bureaucracy reasons. Meanwhile, teachers continue to teach foreign parents and students without having being payed.

 

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Kathimerini, 09.12.2007, http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_100046_09/12/2007_251982

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Ta Nea, 15.12.2007, http://diavatirio.net/diavat/news.php?extend.2045