Mentoring programme for Roma youngsters support and tackling of early school leaving
▶Summary
The early school leaving situation among Roma youngsters is a serious and complex problem that affects their educational and social outcomes. According to the data from the FRA, the early school l...
▶Objectives
By implementing the RA 2.0 project, the partnership achieved the following objectives: • To provide skills and competences to adult trainers, teachers, and Roma workers in education process and to tackle early school leaving and low educational capacity in children of minorities. • To capitalize the existing European experience in the process of providing of counseling services to marginalized people. • To adapt the existing knowledge into an innovative training curriculum. • To introduce reliable and effective mentoring methodology aiming at supporting Romani youth and children in the educational process and career guidance. • To upgrade the existing skills of social workers, counselors, and trainers in the field of Romani support services. • To develop a mentoring programme for Roma youngsters, based on the best practices and experiences of the partners. • To train mentors and mentees in the skills and competencies needed for the mentoring process. • To implement the mentoring programme in the local contexts of the partners, involving Roma youngsters and their families, schools, and communities. • To evaluate the impact and results of the mentoring programme on the educational and social outcomes of the Roma youngsters.