Pre-school education to more Roma children

Teaching assistants and other coordinators of inclusive education might be engaged in nursery schools in towns and villages with Roma communities as early as of September, Government Proxy for the Roma Community Ábel Ravasz told media on Monday. He presented a new national project of 'Support for Pre-primary Education of Children from Marginalised Roma Communities'. Ravasz believes that the project will lead to more Roma children undergoing pre-school education. "If we increase Roma children's chances of reaching the level of their majority-community classmates in the first grades, we'll significantly reduce intercultural tension," stated Ravasz. About 150 villages included in the under-development index in the Roma Community Atlas should participate. Ravasz expects 400-500 assistants and professionals to be engaged in the project.