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Practical obstacles and evidence of problems and differential enrollment rates for certain minorities?

Code:
RED75
Key Area:
Education
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
15/02/2012 - 20:42
Short Answer

Yes

Qualitative Info

As noted in the ECRI report the main problem remains the access of Roma children to education: ‘Roma remain at a great disadvantage with regard to education. There are still cases of schools refusing to register Roma children for attendance, in some instances due to pressure by some non-Roma parents.'

The UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed in its 2009 report its concern about the alleged limited access to quality minority education for the Turkish speaking minority in Western Thrace. The CERD recommended that ‘the State party improve the quality of education for the vulnerable ethnic groups and the Muslim minority, including through the training of teachers belonging to these groups, to ensure that there is a sufficient number of secondary schools, and to create pre-schools that teach in the mother tongue of their students’

Data No data available
Groups affected/interested Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities
Type (R/D) Nationalism, Anti-roma/ romaphobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Education
External Url http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Country-by-country/Greece/GRC-CbC-IV-2009-031-ENG.pdf; http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/CERD.C.GRC.19EN.doc
Situation(s)
Library