An Opportunity for Roma: Interculturalism in Education
An Opportunity for Roma: Interculturalism in Education

Summary/Abstract: Regarding the sphere of education, it has been shown that hte Roma ale almost with no schooling. They are without chance for bilingual schooling from pre-school to University age. This dishonorable state that every modern European country should be ashamed of seems to be liable to slow and painless changes by introducing the program of intercultural education. Indeed, the possibility for establishing an intercultural education system is an enormous opportunity for the Roma. At the same time, it is an opportunity for our community to prove that it moves toward the modern civil society establishment. However, it is also necessary to view these chances realistically. there are many barriers to overcome by interculturalism, since there is a gap between, on one hand, one theoretical concept and human striving and, on the other hand, the achieved critical and qualitative state of the subjective consciousness of most non-Roma and Roma concerning the intercultural model and objective chances for its realization.

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