Roma in School

In a primary school in the Slovenian town of Novo Mesto, Roma children are now being taught separately from the other children in maths, Slovenian and English classes. For Jasna Snezic, this represents a "compromise in the conflict between the school and Slovenian parents who were threatening to change schools and boycott lessons." Now all the children can learn under one roof without compromising their education. "Education minister Milan Zver repeatedly ensured that this separation was not ethnically motivated but based solely on the differing knowledge levels of the children."

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