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Baltjc Inter-ministerial Round Table on Migrant Educatjon Policy Partnership 4 June, 2014 Sirius Baltjc Partnership Team

Agenda for the meetjng 11.00 – 11.15 Opening remarks and introductjon ( Liesma Ose ) 11.15 – 12.15 Session 1: Current status, policy and concerns ( moderated by Eve Mägi ) 12.15 – 13.30 School visit and lunch 13.30 – 15.00 Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve ( moderated by Hanna Siarova ) 15.00 – 15.20 Cofgee break 15.20 – 17.00 Session 3: Actjon: concrete steps for the Baltjc cooperatjon ( moderated by Eve Mägi ) 17.00 – 17.15 Conclusion and closing remarks ( Liesma Ose )

Session 1: Current status, policy and concerns

Session 1: Current status, policy and concerns D i s c u s s i o n q u e s tj o n s : • W h a t a r e t h e t o p i c s o n w h i c h y o u h o p e t o g a i n u s e f u l insight based on other countries´ experience? • What are the main topics/challenges you consider important to include in our discussion?

Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve

Target groups • pupils with e t h n i c Number of pupils Estonia Latvia Lithuania 2012/2013 2012/2013 2012/2013 minority Minority pupils 33 473 56000 27278 Total pupils 128 742 200 706 373 874 background % of minority 26% 28 % 7,3% pupils • new immigrant Number of pupils Estonia Latvia Lithuania pupils 2012/2013 2012/2013 2012/2013 Immigrant pupils 171 546 919 Total pupils 171 000 200 706 373 874 % of immigrant 0.1% 0,27% 0.25 % pupils • Emerging group - returnees

Defjnitjons Latvia Estonia Lithuania ‘aliens’ or ‘immigrants’ new immigrants ( who ‘alien’ is anyone who is are non-citjzens, asylum have lived in Estonia less not a natjonal of Lithuania seekers and refugees than three years ) and old immigrants as separate categories Access Latvia Estonia Lithuania 100% support to children the right to educatjon is only children who have entering compulsory equally guaranteed to residence permits are educatjon, but not in every child regardless of entjtled to be enrolled other levels of educatjon ethnic, religious or into compulsory school citjzenship background at all levels

Targeted support Estonia Latvia Lithuania Provision of Russian in bilingual schools; Russian in bilingual schools; Russian, Polish and Belarusian in mother other languages upon need and other languages upon need and bilingual schools; other languages tongue availability of resources availability of resources upon need and availability Funding extra 40% for every immigrant extra fjnancial support for extra 20% for every minority pupil model pupil; 20% for pupil in language Latvian language acquisitjon for only in minority schools, extra 30% immersion programme (based refugees and asylum seekers for every immigrant in every on school applicatjon) school Curriculum Individual curriculum optjon; Intercultural support within Individual curriculum optjon; fmexibility specifjc measures determined by schools and informal settjngs, mobile groups and classes, schools provided by social pedagogues, additjonal language hours youth workers, social workers foreseen by schools based on only on ad hoc grounds needs and availability Intercultural Related values, learning Lack of cross curricular ( meta Importance of intercultural component in environment and general – curriculum included) learning has been emphasized in curriculum competencies deemed intercultural educatjon focus (in Educatjon plan 2013/2014. important. Teaching in formal curriculum) multjcultural settjng not perceived a strong professional need among teachers.

Current challenges 1. L a c k o f c l e a r d e fj n i tj o n s o f t a r g e t g r o u p s 2. Insuffjcient data on pupils with migrant background 3. Current measures favour schools with large number of pupils with migrant background 4. Uneven level of preparedness among schools to educate migrant pupils, while addressing diversity and individual difgerences 5. Teacher pre-service training model does not include systematjc preparatjon for working with migrant pupils 6. Teachers´ in-service training is incoherent 7. Cooperatjon within and between various levels of educatjon is unsystematjc

Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve Discussion questjons: • W h a t i s y o u r o p i n i o n a b o u t t h e s e c h a l l e n g e s ? W o u l d y o u consider something else as important that is currently not in the list? • What are the strengths of migrant educatjon policy in the Baltjcs? • What policy measures/approaches work well in your country?

Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve ( cont. ) Summarised from Session 1: • A (to be fjlled-in during the meetjng) • B (to be fjlled-in during the meetjng) • C (to be fjlled-in during the meetjng) What other concerns or experiences related to migrant (educatjon) policy you would like to learn more from your Baltjc colleagues?

Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve ( cont. ) W h i c h c o n c e r n s c a n t h e B a l tj c c o u n t r i e s t a c k l e together? G r o u p d i s c u s s i o n ( 1 0 m i n ) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Linda Naudiša, Ministry of Ilgmārs Lejnieks, Ministry Dace Dalbiņa, Latvian Culture (LV) of Culture (LV) Language Agency (LV) Madis Järv, Ministry of Evija Papule, Ministry of Triinu Pihus, Miina Härma Culture (EE) Educatjon and Science Gymnasium (EE) Rasa Paliukienė, Ministry (LV) Ona Čepulėnienė, of Culture (LT) Liana Roosmaa, Ministry Ministry of Educatjon and Gražina Šeibokienė, of the Interior (EE) Science (LT) Ministry of Educatjon and Giedrius Vaidelis, Kerstj Kivirüüt, Ministry of Science (LT) Educatjon Development Educatjon and Research Centre (LT) (EE)

Session 2: Migrant educatjon policy – the Baltjc comparatjve perspectjve C h a l l e n g e s t h a t t h e B a l tj c c o u n t r i e s c a n tackle together G r o u p p r e s e n t a tj o n s

Session 3: Actjon: Concrete steps for the Baltjc collaboratjon

Session 3: Actjon: concrete steps for the Baltjc cooperatjon W h a t i s y o u r p r e f e r r e d f o r m a t r e l a t e d t o B a l tj c partnership and further communicatjon? G r o u p d i s c u s s i o n Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Linda Naudiša, Ministry of Ilgmārs Lejnieks, Ministry Dace Dalbiņa, Latvian Culture (LV) of Culture (LV) Language Agency (LV) Madis Järv, Ministry of Evija Papule, Ministry of Triinu Pihus, Miina Härma Culture (EE) Educatjon and Science Gymnasium (EE) Rasa Paliukienė, Ministry (LV) Ona Čepulėnienė, of Culture (LT) Liana Roosmaa, Ministry Ministry of Educatjon and Gražina Šeibokienė, of the Interior (EE) Science (LT) Ministry of Educatjon and Giedrius Vaidelis, Science (LT) Educatjon Development Centre (LT)

Session 3: Actjon: concrete steps for the Baltjc cooperatjon S t e p s t o b e t a k e n n e x t Group presentatjons

Session 3: Actjon: concrete steps for the Baltjc cooperatjon ( cont. ) H o w c a n y o u c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e B a l tj c partnership?

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