Its main goal is to improve educational outcomes and increase school participation among students from marginalized communities, including Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians. This is achieved through the provision of learning support such as supplementary teaching in learning centers and support for Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian and other students in need. The prject is implemented in municipalities of Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Prizren, Pejë, Gjakovë, Prishtinë and Klinë.
Specific objectives:
Increasing the level of academic achievement and attendance of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian students and other vulnerable groups in regular education in the education system;
Building the capacities of teaching center staff in providing quality learning support to children who attend it;
Educational support based on the identification of learning needs and support in integration into regular education and achieving satisfactory results;
Raising awareness of the importance of inclusion, attendance and registration in the education system and schooling;
Presentation and application of child protection and welfare policies in school institutions;
Improving cooperation between teaching centers, schools and municipal education directorates
Donor: Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
Duration: 10 months
Target group: Children age 7 to 11
Project implementing partners from the central level:
Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfers
Ministry of Education and Science
Ombudsman Institution
Local level:
Municipalities of Peja, Gjakova, Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Prizren, Klina, and Prishtina
Municipal Directorates of Education in the above-mentioned municipalities
Social Work Centers in the municipalities of Peja, Gjakova, Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Prizren, Klina, and Prishtina
Schools where the learning centers are based (see table above)
Case Management Helpdesks
School-level EPBRMs
Local non-governmental organizations:
The Ideas Partnerships
Syri i Vizionit
RADC
Balkan Sunflowers
KOMF (Executive Board of the Coalition of NGOs for child protection).
Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (VoRAE)