Consultation
Traveller and Roma Education Strategy
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The Department of Education is developing a Traveller and Roma Education Strategy .
To inform this strategy, Phase 1 of a wide-ranging consultation process is now complete. All interested members of the public were invited to participate in an online survey. The Department particularly welcomed the views of Traveller and Roma students and parents, and the wider Traveller and Roma communities.
Phase 2 of the consultation process is currently underway. This involves more targeted consultations with key stakeholders.
This survey is now closed. Many thanks to the 424 participants for taking the time to share your views with us. We are delighted to have received responses from across the Traveller and Roma communities and from across the education system. We are delighted that a large number of respondents also indicated their willingness to be contacted for further consultation.
The Department of Education is now running a series of targeted consultations.
These aim to find out the views of a range of stakeholders on ways to improve the educational experience and educational outcomes for Traveller and Roma children and young people.
The Department is carrying out the targeted consultations under three strands: the education system; Traveller and Roma families and communities; and children and young people.
A number of consultations with stakeholders from the education system have now taken place.
You can view the presentations from our school communities consultation events held on the 11 December in the Laois Education Centre below:
For any information on these consultation events or any upcoming consultation event, please contact TRES@education.gov.ie
The Programme for Government has a commitment to “Continue with, and expand, the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education and develop a National Traveller Education Strategy, including a plan to improve access to higher education for members of the Traveller Community.”
You can read more about the existing National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) here .
This is a cross-departmental strategy that takes a whole-of-government approach to improving the lives of Travellers and Roma in practical and tangible ways.
The aim of NTRIS includes achieving equality of education outcomes, supporting an inclusive school community, and promoting a positive culture of respect and protection for the cultural identity of Travellers and Roma in education.
The new strategy, when it is finished, will build on the work of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS).
The Department of Education is working to develop the strategy. This work will include: