Step by step

Nositelj projekta: eduRoma - Roma Education Project

Odgovorna osoba: Laura Kösziklová

2021

Nagrada u vrijednosti od 2000 eura

SK

Civilno društvo / Društvena ekonomija

O čemu je riječ?

Step by step is a field cultur.and education.program established by Roma and pro-Roma activists from eduRoma right at the beginning of the 1st wave of the COVID-19.The main goal of the program is to support poor Roma children from excluded communities on the path to better and better education. We implement the program through - year-round individual tutoring of children - educational weekend trainings, sightseeing trips and a summer academy - material and technical assistance - work.closely with the schools the children attend and their parents - training of teachers and helping professions

Izazov

Step by step (“O krok pokrok”) is a cultural and educational programme founded by Roma and pro-Roma activists from eduRoma during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the eduRoma "How to stay close at distance" survey, up to 70% of Roma pupils did not attend online distance learning courses, and 60% did not have contact with their teachers during the pandemic.

Ideja

Step by step provides tutoring and mentoring to Roma children to ensure their long-term educational success during the pandemic. Step by step provides training for teachers and social workers. We share our experience with state institutions to improve legislative and systematic measures.

Akteri

We assist 80 students from Roma communities, ages 6 to 16 years old. 12 mentors tutor and encourage these young students. Teachers and the children’s parents are also involved in the programme. We also conduct public outreach on inequalities affecting the Roma community through the project’s media coverage.

Učinak

We work with children from Roma communities, as well as their mentors and teachers from cooperating schools. Step by step aims to ensure long-term educational success for Roma children, reduce anti-Roma prejudices and racism. Our programmes also strengthen interpersonal relationships and eliminate segregation.

Transfer

We are currently implementing the programme in 6 municipalities in the Prešov region. In April 2021, we will invite the city of Snina to join Step by step. We will also create a programme network and fully implement the project in other regions of Slovakia.

Ocjena žirija

Roma pupils are supported with their schoolwork by mentors in small tutoring groups in cooperation with their respective schools. This assistance prevents the current pandemic from causing these young pupils to fall further behind at school. A quick and courageous decision: Face to Face - Support to keep up with distance learning! Romani courses for teachers help overcome language barriers. The programme also works in an educational ministerial working group against the segregation of Roma ensures structural anchoring. Step by Step is a socially innovative intervention based on a pilot study on distance learning for Roma children.