The low school attendance of the Roma (gypsy) group of children is a serious problem.

For example, Roma children are often automatically put into classes for the mentally disabled, simply because they are Roma.

At present, Roma children go to school only sporadically.

The programs developed by the REF ought to be scaled up by governments, with the help of the EU, and made available to all Roma children in Europe.

Few go on to finish high school or attend university.

The good news is that we know how to prepare Roma children to be productive members of society.

Last year, the Fund directly assisted 30,000 Roma children and 800 university students.

Consistent with the report on evaluation for the year 2002 that was made by UNICEF, the Council of Europe and OSCE, in Tuzla Canton (where the largest percentage of the Roma children live), approximately 80 per cent of Roma children do not go to school.

Evidence before the Court indicates that, in some Czech communities, Roma children are 27 times more likely to be sent to special schools than non Roma children.

The Czech government admitted that some of the special schools student bodies comprised 80 to 90 Roma children.

The REF is ready to help national education authorities across the EU improve their performance in educating Roma children.

The Plight of the Roma

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Whatever formula is adopted, it is certain that Roma children should be afforded the same opportunities as other children.

In the most extreme cases, the education system itself is segregated isolated schools in remote camps special classes for Roma children in mainstream schools and an over representation of Roma children in classes for children with learning difficulties.

I accused him of insulting the gypsies.

These goddamn gypsies!

How are the gypsies?

The statistics showing the enormous proportion of Roma children in those schools are hard to ignore, and the suspicion of discrimination is difficult to avoid.

As to the education of Gypsy children, who were integrated into the school system, a programme providing special classroom assistance for teachers had been set up by the Ministry of Education.

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Roma right to education

The Gypsy girls are ready for your inspection.

I remind him of gypsy music.

...with gypsies, champagne.

You'll like my Gypsy friends.

Half of the Roma are of school age, and the population is growing faster than the capacity of the REF.

gypsy students (boys and girls)

He has an order to arrest all the Gypsies.

And the gypsies leave at 10 00?

Maybe I can get the gypsies back.

My gypsies play it all the time.

Saved your life at the Gypsy camp.

Young children. Child soldiers.

He offered to describe some of the social measures in place for the benefit of the Roma population, noting that the Roma were Italian nationals.

I love the music of the gypsies in the Café la Veronica.

I'm sick of the gypsies, and I'm having a terrible time.

No gypsies, and no Fascination.

You had the right hotel the right suite, the right man, the right gypsies...

Let's have the gypsies here all the time.

The delegation had repeatedly referred to the Roma as nomads , implying that their nomadic lifestyle was part and parcel of Roma culture.

That is what the REF has done.

Gypsy Smith, and twice by Sister Falconer.

Oh, I can't live like a gypsy.

They were both only children who chose not to have kids.