Establishing of Early School Leaver Monitoring
System for Roma Students in Primary schools
- Project Start Date: 1st December 2020
- Project End Date: 31st July 2022
Project Summary
Early school leaving (ESL) of Roma students is one of the biggest challenges in educational process in many European countries. Many strategies, policies, measures and recommendations against ESL, on the highest EU level, were prepared, but they didn’t made expected impact, especially on the basic level of practical implementation e.g. primary schools. In accordance with performed Surveys among primary schools staff, the same conclusion can be made: Usually institutions and other relevant authorities react afterwards when the process of leaving schools is active and it is almost non-stoppable. Therefore instead of precaution actions which are far more effective, there are always post-caution actions with temporally and/or very low quality effects.
The project will be realised by six project partners – one NGO and one primary school – from 3 countries /The Republic of North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece/.
Main project goal is implementation of a new strategic approach by development of Early School Leavers Monitoring System (ESLMS), which will be used as a respond system for possible ESL cases. ESLMS with included software application, adaptable for any situation and education institution, will be used as early warning system for possible ESL cases. Software based part of ESLMS will allow teachers /after recognising the very first signs of possible case of ESL/ in relatively short time period, by using of software application, to get a set of proposed actions how to react (or instructions what they have to pay attention to).
With aim to achieve best possible results from project realisation, PPs determined as necessary to have a combination of following activities:
- 4 transnational project partners meetings;
- 3 short-term joint staff training events;
- development of 3 Intellectual outputs;
- organisation of 3 National dissemination (multiplier) events;
Expected Results:
During the realization of the project activities following results are expected:
- 3 Intellectual Outputs will be developed;
- Manual for establishing of ESLMS in primary schools;
- Strategic Document for long-term strategic transnational partnership among NGOs and Educational institutions in addressing of challenges of social inclusion and ESL of Roma students in regions of Kochani, Sliven and Larissa.
- 9 representatives of school management and administrative staff (principals/deputy principals, school pedagogues, sociologists and/or school psychologist) (3 per each project partner primary school) with increased skills and competences for implementing of process of establishing of Early School Leavers Monitoring System in their primary schools, as well as with increased skills and competences for promotion and implementation of an active inclusion of the parents of Roma students in the school activities (trained within the third short-term joint staff training event). They also will be trained in using of the eTwinning networking module for transnational cooperation with their colleagues from other European countries.
- 9 teachers (3 per each project partner primary school) that are teaching students from 7- 10 years old will be trained in implementation of Roma culture and traditions in primary schools’ non–formal activities (within the 1st short term joint staff training event as well as in recognition of discrimination, racism, bulling and hate speech (within the 2nd short term joint staff training event). On the first short term joint staff training events will be also trained for using of eTwinning module for teachers networking
- min 36 students (min 12 junior students per school on the age from 9 - 10 years old /6 Roma students and 6 students from other majority nationality/) with increased awareness of facing of challenges of discrimination, racism and hate speech as well as with increased team-work and presentation skills – participants in the long-term teaching assignment transnational competitive event for students teams
- min 120 students (min 40 junior students per school /on the age from 7 - 8 years old/ ) with increased awareness of multicultural differences and specific of Roma's culture and traditions – participants in the main learning event e.g. long-term teaching assignment
- min 120 local, regional and national stakeholders (min 40 participants on each of the National Dissemination events in N. Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece) will become familiar with advantages of newly developed ESLMS in mitigation of ESL cases among Roma students in primary schools.
The main impacts which project have aim to made is to promote a successful implementation of a new ESLMS based approach in tackling of ESL challenge, as well as the importance of transnational partnership among different organisations and teachers networking as a proven approach for more efficient education.
EU Programme Erasmus + / 2020
Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
KA201 - Strategic Partnerships for school education
Project Identification
№ 2020-1-MK01-KA201- 077898
APPLICANT AND COORDINATOR:
Zdruzenie na Romi Avena, Kochani,
The Republic of North Macedonia
PARTNERS:
1. OU Malina Popivanova, Kocani,
The Republic of North Macedonia
oumalinapopivanova.mk
2. European Multicultural Association, Bulgaria
ema20.com
3. Enallaktiki Kainotoma Anaptyxi Astiki mi Kerdoskopiki Etaireia,
Larisa, Greece
aid.com.gr
4. “Panayot Hitov” Primary school,
Sliven, Bulgaria
7ouhitov.org
5. 1o Dimotiko Sxoleio Tirnavou,
Tirnavos, Greece
1dim-tyrnav.lar.sch.gr
