Intervention of the Ombudsman for Children at the Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation on the occasion of a circular issued in August 2003 -to the Ministry of Education- which made the submission of a valid passport and a valid residence permit a prerequisite for the enrollment of minor children of foreign parents in
Entry Category: Education Systems & Schooling
All migrant minors have the right to education – Intervention by the Ombudsman for Children
Intervention of the Ombudsman for Children on the immediate issuance of a circular by the Ministry of Education following the Ombudsman’s comments on the enrolment and attendance of migrant minors in primary and secondary schools.
Statement on the Right to Education of Children on the Move
Statement of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC). Adopted at the 22nd ENOC General Assembly, 21st September 2018, Paris.
Education of refugee children in Greece
The French Institute of Greece co-organized with the Directorate of Secondary Education of Eastern Attica and the Ombudsman for Children’s Rights the event “Education of refugee children in Greece”. An open debate on the issue of the integration of refugee children in Greek schools, which started in September 2016; What are the means available? Which
After the container. A cross-cultural look at refugee education
The book reflects the recent course of people with refugee background in the Greek educational and social environment, while exploring, at the same time, the prospects for its development and the conditions for a positive outcome. The authors attempt a synthesis of scientific assumptions, methodological directions and educational applications in order to outline the landscape
Schools For All – Inclusion of refugee children in Greek schools. Manual: 31 Basic Activities
A practical resource for educational settings and schools across Europe to create an inclusive, welcoming learning environment for refugee students. The handbook is freely available in Greek and English as a pdf and in Greek as a digital platform.It contains proposals and actions that have been put into practice in training and in the schools
The Coordinator of the Refugee Education Office for the education of children and the Ombudsman for Children on ERT1
Interview with G. Moschos, Ombudsman for Children, and P. Georgopoulos, Coordinator of the Refugee Education Office at the Ministry of Education, on the integration of refugee children in Greek public schools.
On Sunday we celebrated TOGETHER in Elaionas – A big celebration at the Open Refugee camp of Elaionas
Video of the celebration organized on Sunday 20 May at the Open Refugee Accommodation Facility of Elaionas, with the main slogan ‘We meet – We celebrate together in Elaionas’. Hundreds of Greek, refugee and immigrant children, parents and teachers from 15 schools in Athens took part in the celebration.
Radio message “TOGETHER WE CAN” from Lesvos
Radio message created by two groups of teenagers in Lesvos, a group of students of the Experimental Lyceum of Mytilene and a group of unaccompanied minors hosted in shelters of the non-governmental organizations METAdrasi and PRAKSIS. This action was placed under the auspices of the Ombudsman for Children and was promoted as a good practice
Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society
The stereotypes of low achievement of minority students can be overturned. The key to this lies in empowering students’ identity. The teacher-student relationship emerges as the predominant space where learning takes place; the identity of the bilingual student is strengthened as a product of negotiation between the subjects.