Amnesty says Czech schools still fail Roma Gypsies
A Czech schools are still riddled
with "systematic discrimination" that ensures Roma children get an inferior education, Amnesty
International says. The human rights group has called on the Czech Republic
to end what it calls racial segregation in schools. It says Roma (Gypsy)
children are often sent to schools for children with mental disabilities.
B In 2007 the European Court
of Human Rights said this violated
the right of Roma children to a full education. Amnesty says although the Czech
government in 2005 changed the name of these "special schools" to
"practical elementary schools", "the system which places
children in these schools and teaches a limited curriculum essentially remains the same". In some places, it says, Roma
children make up more than 80 % of the students of practical elementary
schools.
C Roma children who stay in mainstream schools tend to end up in classes
full of other Roma, as white parents will often move their children elsewhere,
says the BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague.
These Roma-only schools often provide a curriculum. All this, says Amnesty,
reduces children's prospects of finding decent
employment in the future, and reinforces their sense of social exclusion.
D Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International's Europe and Central
Asia programme director, said: "Education is the way out of an
inhuman circle of poverty that affects a large part of the Roma population in
the country. Unless the Czech authorities give them equal opportunities, they
will be denying Romani children their chances for a better future and full
participation in the life of the country."
E The BBC has yet to receive a response to the report from the Czech
government. Previously, it has admitted to difficulties integrating the Roma
community but has argued that since its schools were not set up specifically
for Roma children, the system was not discriminatory.
court – soudní dvůr
curriculum – školní osnovy
decent – slušný
essentially – v podstatě
inferior – druhořadý
poverty – chudoba
riddled – prosycený
violate – porušovat
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Special school became
practical elementary school
2 Equal opportunities are
the way out
3 Introduction
4 The BBC has been waiting
for the response from the Czech government
5 Romani children in
mainstream schools
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 What is Amnesty
International?
3 Where is the majority of
Romani children educated?
4 How can better education
help Romani children?
5 Are Czech schools set up
specifically for Romani children?
3) Explain the following words.
1 discrimination
2 human rights
3 Roma-only school
4 equal opportunity
5 government
4) Answer the following questions.
What are the main problems
of Roma community in the Czech
Republic? How is the life
in a Romani ghetto? What do you know about the segregated locality of Havaj in
Jihlava?
1.
ReplyDelete1. The Czech government in 2005 changed the name of these "special schools" to practical elementary schools.
2. Education is the way out of an inhuman circle of poverty that affects a large part of the Roma population in the country.
3.Czech schools are still riddled with "systematic discrimination" that ensures Roma children get an inferior education, Amnesty International says. The human rights group has called on the Czech Republic to end what it calls racial segregation in schools.
4. Previously, it has admitted to difficulties integrating the Roma community but has argued that since its schools were not set up specifically for Roma children, the system was not discriminatory.
5. Roma children who stay in mainstream schools tend to end up in classes full of other Roma, as white parents will often move their children elsewhere.
2.
1. Czech schools are still riddled with "systematic discrimination" that ensures Roma children get an inferior education. Roma children make up more than 80 % of the students of practical elementary schools.
2. Education is the way out of an inhuman circle of poverty that affects a large part of the Roma population in the country.
3. In some places, it says, Roma children make up more than 80 % of the students of practical elementary schools.
4. Roma community but has argued that since its schools were not set up specifically for Roma children, the system was not discriminatory.
5. Roma (Gypsy) children are often sent to schools for children with mental disabilities.
3.
1. It is situation when some people thinks they are better than other peolple because they are ,, brown,,.
2. There are things like life, love, family, property... And everybody can have there right.
3. It is school only for Roma people and other can not study here.
4. Everybody can have the same job and the same level of life.
5. These are the people who run the states making laws.
1: 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-E, 5-C
ReplyDelete2: 1- This article is about school system in the Czech Republic. It's also about a racial segregation in schools. Roma children are often sent to schools with children with mental disabilities.
2- Amnesty International is the human rights group.
3- Most of Roma children are educated in practial elementary schools with children with mental disabilities.
4- Education can help these children get out of circle of poverty, find decent empolyment in the future and reinforce their sense of social exclusion.
5- Yes, they are. The school system discriminate them.
3: 1- discrimination- it's a noun. It's a way of treating people, like immigrants, differently than other people.
2-human rights- it's a noun. It's a pretension of people to get education, to live, to work and many others.
3- Roma- only school- it's a school for Roma children.
4- equal opportunities- it means to provide everyone the same opportunities.
5- government- it's a main part of the Czech system. They make law.
1:1B,2D,3A,4E,5C
ReplyDelete2:1 The article deals with the education system in the Czech Republic. It addresses the issue of when Roma children are offered lower education. Roma children make up more than 80% of practical primary school students.
2
3 In some places, it says, Roma children make up more than 80 % of the students of practical elementary schools
4 Roma children who stay in mainstream schools tend to end up in classes full of other Roma, as white parents will often move their children elsewhere
5- yes, The school system discriminate them.
discrimination the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex
human rights a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person
Roma-only school- it´s a school for Roma children
equal opportunities- it means to provide everyone the same opportunities.
government is the governing body of a nation, state, or community.