Indicator history

Roma pupils often show poorer educational performance because of their low socio-economical status and poor living conditions (malnutrition, overcrowded housing), and because their disadvantages are aggravated by the education system itself. According to Roma rights NGOs, an increasing number of Roma children are deprived of equal education opportunities because of school segregation. Roma children are also overrepresented in special schools for the intellectually disabled due to discrimination.(1)
According to academic findings, the high drop-out rate of Roma girls because of early marriage or early motherhood is also a worrisome phenomenon.(2)

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(1) Hungary - NGO Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 2011, available at: http://www.errc.org/cms/upload/file/hungary-upr-08112010.pdf (22.02.2012)
(2) Balogh, L., Kóczé, A.: Current Issues in Europe Regarding the Social and Political Inclusion of Romani Women (policy paper issued for the Roma Women in Focus conferene held in Budapest, on the 7th April, 2011).