2012
Practical obstacles and evidence of problems and differential enrollment rates for certain minorities?
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Austria
Unequal access to education is still a problem faced by children originating from the Roma Community.
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Bulgaria
Yes.
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Cyprus
Yes
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Denmark
No.
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Finland
No.
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France
Travellers continue to encounter many difficulties, and even refusals, when they seek to enrol their children in school.
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Germany
Yes.
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Greece
Yes
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Hungary
There is no information available.
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Ireland
The Travelling community in Ireland is the primary ethnic group to which enrolment and attainment is a concern. “STEP found that the average attendance rate by Traveller children is approximately 80 per cent” (the national average being around 100%). The policy of overcrowded schools preferring applicants with a family history at the school also disproportionately affects Travellers.
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Italy
Yes.
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Poland
82 % of Roma childern attands schools.
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Portugal
There are some identified obstacles and evidence of problems and differential enrollment rates for Roma.
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Romania
Information is available for Roma minority.
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Slovenia
Yes, there are evidences of lack of accessibility of Slovenian educational system for children from Roma community.
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Spain
In some cases.
Education from 6 to 16 years is obligatory and free in all the Spanish territory for all persons in that age range regardless of origin or ethnicity.
Organic Law 2/2006, of 3 May, on Education (LOE)
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Sweden
Yes, there is.