Roma Education Fund Romania Presentation for the EURoma meeting 10 th -11 th November, 2011 Project...

Roma Education Fund Romania

Presentation for the EURoma meeting 10th -11th November, 2011

Project “School after school – the first step towards school and professional success”

Project “School after school – the first step towards school and professional success”

0 Contract no. POSDRU/91/2.2/S/558760 Project co funded from the European Social Fund through the Operational Sectorial

Programme for Human Resource Development 2007-2013

Period of implementation: September 2010 – August 2013 Geographical coverage: 3 regions in Romania: Centre, North – East

and South Muntenia Partners: 0 Roma Education Fund Romania – Beneficiary 0 Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and Sports – Partner 1 0 The Resource Center for Roma Communities - Partner 2 0 “Amare Rromentza” Roma Center - Partner 3 0 “O’Del Amenca” Roma Cultural Center - Partner 4

General objective To reduce the rate of early school leaving in the developing

areas Center, Muntenia-South and North-East of Romania by increasing the access of Roma children to quality primary education


Target Group

Students at risk of early school leaving – 2000

Parents / guardians of students at risk of early school leaving – 4000

Persons who have left school early – 200

Staff involved in developing programs to prevent the drop out phenomenon – 280


Activities0 1 Schools and local communities selection. 0 2. Selection the direct beneficiaries of the project -

2,000 children in three regions will be selected in the program

0 3. Formation of support groups. 0 4. Develop and update the database. 0 5. The development of "school after school" program.0 6. Raising awareness regarding the importance of

education campaign. 0 7. Advice, guidance and educational assistance. 0 8. Selection of teachers. 0 9. Intercultural Training. 0 10. "School after School” educational centers. 0 11. Providing support and expertise to support groups. 0 12 Summer camps. 0 13. Seminars on "Education of children in

disadvantaged communities”. 0 14. Paintings exhibition and children cultural activities.


Anticipated results Roma Education Fund Romania

Indicators (output)

•The number of persons who benefited from counseling/orientation-preventing measures against leaving school early – 4000•The number of participants in the trainig sessions-correcting measures against leavin school early – 2280•The number of students in grades I-IV beneficiaries of the centers’activities - 2000•The number of students beneficiaries of financial support – 250 •The number of participants in the "School after school" program of which: girls - 1000•The number of parents / guardians beneficiaries of advisory services - 2700•The number of persons informed about the importance of school education – 20 000


Indicators (result)

•The number of persons who benefited from counseling/orientation and cointinued their studies-preventing measures against leaving school early – 600

•The number of certified persons who participated in the training process- correcting measures against leaving school early – 240

•Increased rate of enrollment of Roma children of school age in grade I compared to the previous school year - 10%

•Decreased primary school dropout at the end of the project compared to the previous school year to the intervention – 40 %

•Number of students beneficiaries of the project who graduates from the primary grade and promote in the Vth grade - 600

•Number of children who improve their overall average at the end of the project compared to the previous school year of the project intervention – 1400


Project’s Status – July 2011

Four major activities finalized: 0Act 1 - selection of the 50 schools0 Act 2 - selection of 1500 beneficiaries0Act 8 - selection of 250 teachers that will support the centres’ activities 0Act. 3 - Set up the 50 support groups in 50 selected communities


Project’s Status – July 2011

Three other major activities started in February 2011: 0Act 6 – Awareness raising campaign on the importance of education. Main target: parents of children from the 50 selected 0Activity 7: Counseling and educational assistance – preparation phase: a questionnaire for identyfing the educational needs of children from the centers will be applied within communities until end of August 2011; and on their basis a program on counseling will be developed 0Activity 4 – Set up the data base with information on selected schools, beneficiaries, teachers, support groups etc

Other activities under way:0Activity 5 – Development of After School program (June – July 2011) 0Activity 9 – Intercultural training (preparation phase: May – June; implementation phase: July – August 2011)


Project’s Status – November 2011

Activity 10 – "School after School” educational centers

0The After school centers have been opened. 0The centers work 4 hours per day, in special areas within the schools. It will be/is equipped properly in order to offer a friendly environment for children: nice furniture (which allows flexibility in organizing the centers according to the teaching methods), IT equipment, a large variety of educational materials (games, books, etc.). Each center hosts about 30 children and employs 5 teachers (3 primary teachers, one English teacher, one IT teacher).



Activity 10 – "School after School” educational centers

Due to the extended program, children are provided with warm and consistent lunch. The selected children have difficult educational background and poor socio-economic status, in a risk of early school drop-out. Thus, in order to prevent the abandonment, the School after school program contains 5 main activities (modules) giving a quality experience to the program:

01. Homework supervision and guidance – Homework for 1002. Recovery and remediation for children with difficulties in learning - I can do better!03. Self-knowledge and personal development activities – We are different! 04. Thematic activities and leisure activities –We play, we learn! We learn by playing!05. Skills development activities and social skills – Healthy lifestyle



Activity 10 – After School centers

0Besides the program, the personnel offer counselling sessions for children and their parents (based on an initial need assessment), but also attention and care to the children.

0Meanwhile, each local support group is activated / enabled toward increasing the community participation to education and finding solution for project sustainability.


Making a difference

0 Strengthen the collaboration between school, community, local administration and local NGOs through the support groups developed within the project

0 Increase interest of local authorities for Roma children’s education and ensure a long-term operation of the centers after completion of the project

- by equipping the School after School centers with furniture, computers, educational materials;

- by ensuring that the local authorities will financially sustain (where possible) the running of the centers after the completion of the project.


In this respect, partnerships agreements concluded with all 50 local authorities and the schools; also, 5 Local Council Decisions were drawn to financially support the centers starting Sept. 2013. One Local Council Decision in Roman ensures the running of the centers through 40 000 euro from the local budget.

Scaling up

There are prerequisites and a growing interest within the educational system to replicate this program to a larger scale

The Ministry of Education developed a methodology of organizing the school after school program in accordance with Art. 58 and 262 of Law nr. 1/2011, national education law

The Ministry of Education is a partner within this project – this will aid to a extending the school after school concept to a larger scale


Thank youNaisarav Tumenqe!

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