Indicator history

Among the national and ethnic minorities only the Roma stand out from the rest of society with regard to their situation in the field of education. Still not all Roma children attand schools. The percentage of Roma children fulfilling the requirement of compulsory education is 82% while school attendance around 75%. There is a very high percentage of pupils of Roma origin that have been evaluated as requiring special education – up 16.8%, at the same time the data may still be underestimated.

Source: Poland / Ministry of Interior and Administration, Sprawozdanie z realizacji Programu na Rzecz Społeczności Romskiej za rok 2010, Warszawa 2011
 

In 2011, in comparison to the previous year, the ratio of school attendance of Roma children  grew slightly – from 72,8% in 2010 up to 74,4% in 2011. In the context of the whole country the number of Roma children subject to schooling duty increased about 8,7% on average. However, among national and ethnic minorities the Roma still stand out from the rest of society with regard to their situation in the field of education.

Source:

• Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Sprawozdanie z realizacji Programu na Rzecz Społeczności Romskiej za rok 2011 (Report on the realization of the Programme for the Roma Community in 2011), http://www.msw.gov.pl/portal/pl/628/Program_na_rzecz_spolecznosci_romskiej_w_Polsce_w_2011_r.html, Accessed on 12.12.2012.