The Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Jagoda Shahpaska, met with Redzep Ali Cupi, Director of the Roma Education Fund based in Belgrade, to discuss the current and ongoing projects of the Fund, in order to increase the inclusion of Roma in social life through assistance and support in the educational and preschool process.
The director of REF, Cupi pointed out that the Roma Education Fund has offices in 16 countries in Southeast Europe, and in our country is working on two main and very important projects. These are scholarships for Roma high school children and the project for free inclusion of Roma children in preschool education, a project implemented by the MLSP in cooperation with 18 units of local self-government.
These projects have been implemented since 2006 and each year 350-400 Roma children aged 3-6 are included in preschool education, where 19 Roma caregivers are employed as part of the project.
The Ministry states that in order to increase the inclusion of Roma children in preschool education from January 2019, the MLSP resolved the inclusion of Roma children in kindergartens at the direction of the Government, in a systematic manner with a proposal to municipal councils to exempt parents from participation. these children.
During the meeting was discussed the possibility of including Roma children in online monitoring of the curriculum for preschool education during KOVID 19. To enable this purpose REF offers support by providing tablets to those Roma children who will not stay physically in kindergartens.
Both sides agreed that the cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the Roma Education Fund continues, with the aim of greater inclusion of Roma in all segments of social life, with special emphasis on the preschool education process.

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