Indicator in all countries

Evidence of school segregation and/or policies of separate/distinct schooling of minorities

• Austria

  There is not much information available on this issue. The information available refers to bilangual lessons.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  yes

• Denmark

  Yes.

• Finland

  No.

• France

  No

• Germany
• Greece

  Yes.

• Hungary

  Yes.

• Ireland

  Segregation of minorities in education is not a feature of modern Ireland though the Travelling Community was subjected to it in previous decades.

   “Into the 1990s Travellers were often educated through segregated provision. Over the last decade this segregated approach has mainly been abandoned in favour of age-appropriate, integrated and inclusive provision.”

  -‘Report and Recommendations for a Traveller Education Strategy’ (2005)

• Italy

  No, but there are some problems.

• Poland

  Yes.

• Portugal

  Yes, there is some evidence of school segregation concerning Roma pupils.

• Romania

  Yes.

• Slovenia

  Although officially abonded, in practice there are still cases of segregation of Roma children in kindergartens and elementary schools.

   

• Spain

  No policies.

  Yes evidences.

• Sweden

  Yes.