Integration vs. Segregation

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Hungarian Roma Education Policy Note

The purpose of the present paper is to reveal the basic features of segregation and introduce the principle of integration of Romany pupils into the Hungarian education system. Based on the ideas collected by the help of stakeholder workshops we try to define the objectives of “integration” within the Hungarian context, in order to identify reform options, as well as specific policy, legislative and school-financing changes needed to achieve these goals.

By National Institute of Public Education
Budapest, Hungary

Team-leader: Silvia Németh
Team members: Dániel Horn, Zoltán Hermann, András Kádár, Attila Papp, Ágnes Székely

Funded by The World Bank, Open Society Institute – LGI The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative

July, 2003

Contents

• Executive summary
• I. Introduction
• II. Problem description
• III. Results of focus-group discussions
• IV. Policy Options
• V. Recommendations
• VI. Bibliography