UK-SCTLanguage-learn<strong>in</strong>g support measuresIntensive teach<strong>in</strong>g of the language of <strong>in</strong>struction and/orbil<strong>in</strong>gual tuition (the mother tongue and language of <strong>in</strong>struction)No central guidel<strong>in</strong>es. Language support is generally provided by specialist,peripatetic language support teachers.Classes us<strong>in</strong>g the foreign language as a medium (example of measures that may be<strong>in</strong>troduced by the local authorities).Educational support measuresAdditional support for learn<strong>in</strong>g and/oradaptation of assessmentSupport for learn<strong>in</strong>g is provided with<strong>in</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>stream classes wherepossible as part of ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g of additional support needs policy.It is normally delivered by specialist staff from with<strong>in</strong> the school(except for smaller schools where provision may be the responsibilityof peripatetic teachers).Smaller class sizes /special normsgovern<strong>in</strong>g the composition of classesIS Two hours a week for teach<strong>in</strong>g Icelandic.LI (:)85NOPupils whose mother tongue is not Norwegian or Sami are entitled to receiveeducation <strong>in</strong> Norwegian as a second language. The frequency of this provisionvaries but, as a general rule, it is almost daily.Pre-primary level: there is no obligatory language learn<strong>in</strong>g for immigrant children.The new grant earmarked for improv<strong>in</strong>g the language skills of children underschool age with a m<strong>in</strong>ority language background, will be used differently <strong>in</strong> themunicipalities, depend<strong>in</strong>g on different local circumstances.Content and language <strong>in</strong>tegrated learn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> certa<strong>in</strong> subjects us<strong>in</strong>g Norwegian <strong>in</strong>addition to the pupil’s mother tongue.Pre-primary level: bil<strong>in</strong>gual assistants play an important part <strong>in</strong> assist<strong>in</strong>gimmigrant children <strong>in</strong> early childhood education and care facilities, by help<strong>in</strong>gthem to understand Norwegian and become more proficient <strong>in</strong> their mothertongue.BGNo support measures for immigrant children.RO Four class periods a week. Curriculum support is provided, <strong>in</strong> addition to the normal schoolprogramme, when on the evidence of their atta<strong>in</strong>ment levels pupilsf<strong>in</strong>d it hard to adapt to learn<strong>in</strong>g activity, or have <strong>in</strong>sufficientknowledge of Romanian. With parental consent, school heads maydecide either to transfer pupils to a lower class, or retra<strong>in</strong> them <strong>in</strong> theRomanian language.Source: Eurydice.Annexes
<strong>Integrat<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Immigrant</strong> <strong>Children</strong> <strong><strong>in</strong>to</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>Figure 2.2: References for ma<strong>in</strong> legislative provisions currently <strong>in</strong> force for supportmeasures for immigrant children. Pre-primary and full-time compulsory educationBE fr Decree concern<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>tegration of pupils new to education provided or grant aided by the French Community (14 June 2001).BE deBE nlCZDecree of 17 December 2001 concern<strong>in</strong>g provision for pupils new to education <strong>in</strong> the German-speak<strong>in</strong>g Community (Moniteur belge/BelgischStaatsblad of 4 April 2002).Besluit van de Vlaamse reger<strong>in</strong>g van 17 juni 1997 betreffende de personeelsformatie <strong>in</strong> het gewoon basisonderwijs, art. 21, 22 en 23 (order …concern<strong>in</strong>g staff tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for pre-primary and primary education).Besluit van de Vlaamse reger<strong>in</strong>g van 24 mei 2002 <strong>in</strong>zake de organisatie van onthaalonderwijs voor anderstalige nieuwkomers <strong>in</strong> het gewoonvoltijds secundair onderwijs (order … concern<strong>in</strong>g the organisation of reception education for newcomers to full-time secondary education).Decreet van 28 juni 2002 betreffende gelijke onderwijskansen-I. (Decree concern<strong>in</strong>g equal educational opportunities, 28 June 2002.)Methodological Directive of the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education, Youth and Sports on Establish<strong>in</strong>g Preparatory Classes for Socially Disadvantaged <strong>Children</strong>and the Position of Educator/Teacher Assistant, No. 25 484/2000-22.Regulation on Education of Foreigners at Basic <strong>Schools</strong>, Upper Secondary <strong>Schools</strong> and Tertiary Technical <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Special <strong>Schools</strong>, No. 21836/2000-11.Methodological Directive on School Attendance of Asylum Seekers, No. 10 149/2002-22.DK The Act on the Folkeskole from 2003, §5, sections 6 and 7.DEEEIn 2003, pre-school language promotion programmes were adopted.No specific legislation on special support measures for immigrant children.EL Jo<strong>in</strong>t Decision of the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education and M<strong>in</strong>istry of the Economy Φ10/20/Γ1/708, ΦΕΚ 1789, τ. Β, 28 September 1999.ESFRIEITCYLVLTLUHUMTNLArticle 42 of the 2002 Organic Law on the Quality of Education (LOCE).M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education special Bullet<strong>in</strong> officiel No. 10 of 25 April 2002, concern<strong>in</strong>g the education of newcomers to France whose mother tongue isnot French.Integrate Ireland Language and Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g (IILT) was established <strong>in</strong> 1998 as the Refugee Language Support Unit under the aegis of the Centre forLanguage and Communication Studies at the University of Dubl<strong>in</strong>, Tr<strong>in</strong>ity College.Decision of the M<strong>in</strong>ister for Education and Science of 24 January 2000 concern<strong>in</strong>g provision for non-English speak<strong>in</strong>g pupils <strong>in</strong> primary schools.Presidential Decree No. 394 of 31 August 1999 (Article 45, school registration) establishes the procedure for <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g immigrant pupils <strong><strong>in</strong>to</strong> theItalian education system, and enumerates the basic pr<strong>in</strong>ciples and regulations govern<strong>in</strong>g that procedure.Decision 56.335 of 28 August 2002 states that support teach<strong>in</strong>g is to be provided by each school with pupils whose mother tongue is not Greek.Decision 58.424 of 27 August 2003 states that <strong>in</strong>struction <strong>in</strong> the Greek language is to be provided free of charge to all pupils whose mother tongueis not Greek. Instruction will take place dur<strong>in</strong>g school hours or <strong>in</strong> the afternoon.Education Law (1998) and Law on General Education (1999) conta<strong>in</strong> provisions on education for ethnic m<strong>in</strong>orities.The revised Law on Education of the Republic of Lithuania adopted <strong>in</strong> June 2003 devotes considerable attention to the education of immigrantchildren.In 1997, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education set up a department for the education of immigrant children, which coord<strong>in</strong>ates school-based measures to<strong>in</strong>tegrate children of foreign mother tongue. The Guidel<strong>in</strong>es for this policy are set out <strong>in</strong> the document ‘Pour une école d'<strong>in</strong>tégration: constatsquestions-perspectives’(‘striv<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>in</strong>tegration at school: facts, issues and prospects’) published by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education <strong>in</strong> 1998. Thisdocument served as the basis for a policy debate <strong>in</strong> the Chamber of Deputies <strong>in</strong> November 2000, dur<strong>in</strong>g which a 24-po<strong>in</strong>t motion was adopted(Motion adopted by the Chamber of Deputies dur<strong>in</strong>g the debate on <strong>in</strong>tegration at school, 29 November, 2000). The aims and measures set out <strong>in</strong>this motion are be<strong>in</strong>g steadily achieved and implemented by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Education.No support measures for immigrant pupils.No support measures for immigrant pupils.Local Compensatory Education Act (Wet GOA, 1998), under which the government has decentralised education policy for disadvantaged pupils, tolocal authorities. Municipal authorities with a certa<strong>in</strong> proportion of disadvantaged children are allocated a specific budget to improve provision forthem.Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Decree on Education for Aliens (17 July 2003), municipalities may claim a government subsidy to organise educational provisionfor asylum seekers’ children, provided certa<strong>in</strong> conditions are met.86
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