Spain - 2011
Problems with educational attainement by certain groups (drop out - fragmentation of educational experience)?
- Code:
- RED78
- Key Area:
- Education
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
Short Answer |
Yes.
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Qualitative Info |
Spain counts with one of the highest figures of school failure in the European Union. Simplifying a lot we could say that the highest percentage of failure is among inmigrants and due to social, economic, cultural and language reasons and due to the educational level of t their country of origin. With respect to gypsies the problem is socio-economic and mainly cultural. In many cases, formal education is not a priority for parents, specially in the case of girls. For them school failure is above 90%. ECRI is concerned about illiteracy among Romany children, which particularly |
Data | |
Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
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Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Education |
External Url | http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/country-by-country/spain/ESP-CBC-IV-2011-004-ESP.pd |
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