A total of 315 Roma students enrolled in first grade in the 2019/20 school year will be awarded a scholarship under the project "Regular Classes: Action for Inclusion of Roma in Primary Education".
The competition is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Open Society - Macedonia Foundation in cooperation with the Dendo you Center for Educational Support and the Step by Step Foundation for Educational and Cultural Initiatives. The aim is to provide scholarships for inclusion of as many Roma children in primary education as they will regularly attend.
The competition is for a single school year, and the scholarship of 400 euros per year is intended to cover the costs of schooling, food, clothing, school supplies and materials, sports and other equipment for students.
Roma students enrolled in first grade in the 2019/2020 school year whose families are recipients of guaranteed minimum assistance but who are not beneficiaries of other EU-funded scholarships will be eligible to apply. In so doing, families will not lose the right to guaranteed minimum assistance.
Regular students, as well as those who successfully pass the next grade, will be able to maintain the scholarship for the current year and potentially renew it for the next two school years.
The application deadline is December 10, and more information on the competition can be found on the Open Society Foundation - Macedonia web site, then at the Open Society Foundation premises, by phone at 02/2477107 or by email redovnonacasovi @ fosm. mk.
