Educational Integration of Roma Children in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria

Education, Minorities, Poverty

Bulgaria, Children, education, illiteracy, Poverty, romani, segregation

In Bulgaria, approximately 30,000 children of Roma attend sub-standard schools in segregated Romani neighborhoods. Inadequate material conditions and the poor quality of education contribute to low attendance rates of Roma pupils. Altogether, they alienate Romani children from schools and perpetuate the cycle of illiteracy, unemployment, and poverty. In the year 2000, Romani activists spearheaded the first initiative for educational desegregation in Europe...........