Ireland - 2012
Practical obstacles and evidence of problems and differential enrollment rates for certain minorities?
- Code:
- RED75
- Key Area:
- Education
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
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. |
| Qualitative Info |
‘Report and Recommendations for aTraveller Education Strategy’ (2005): · “the STEP survey suggest that more than 60 per cent of Traveller pupils are below the 20th percentile in English reading and in mathematics, while 2 per cent are in the top (80-100) quintile” · “Difficulties are still being encountered by some Traveller parents in enrolling their children in certain primary schools, despite the fact that section (2) of the Education Act (1998) requires that “the school plan shall state the objectives of the school relating to equality of access to, and participation in, the school and the measures which the school proposes to take to achieve those objectives...”” |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Inter-ethnic |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market, Health and social protection, Education, Culture, Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life |
| External Url | http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/des_recom_traveller_educ_strategy.pdf |
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| Short Answer |
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. |
| Qualitative Info |
“the STEP survey suggest that more than 60 per cent of Traveller pupils are below the 20th percentile in English reading and in mathematics, while 2 per cent are in the top (80-100) quintile” “Difficulties are still being encountered by some Traveller parents in enrolling their children in certain primary schools, despite the fact that section (2) of the Education Act (1998) requires that “the school plan shall state the objectives of the school relating to equality of access to, and participation in, the school and the measures which the school proposes to take to achieve those objectives...”” Source:
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| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Inter-ethnic |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market, Health and social protection, Education, Culture, Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life |
| External Url | http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/traveller_ed_strat.pdf |
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