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(Title) Focus on knowledge of Greek to the Muslims of the minority to be integrated harmoniously in society gave the Greek Ministry of Education, which prepares a series of changes in minority education.
from September will be introduced piloted in some kindergartens in Thrace support program in Greek, through the presence of a second kindergarten teacher to speak the native language of children to help them understand Greek. While the Ministry is working on changes to Special Education College of Thessaloniki, which prepares minority students to become teachers in minority schools.
“The equal and substantial presence of the Muslim minority in Thrace in society goes through training, says the “MTK” specific cultural education secretary of the Ministry of Education Thalia Dragona, adding that “the knowledge of Greek is key to smooth integration into Greek society”.
From the new school year will implement a new pilot program in three or four minority kindergartens in the presence of two teachers, a Greek-speaking and one bilingual. As explained by Mr. Dragona, “the education ministry is planning to test pilot in the Greek public kindergarten aid in Greek with the support of the mother tongue, whatever it is, because they believe, first, that when children arrive at kindergarten without any knowledge of the Greek presence in the mother tongue are helpful, and that the Greek earned rests easily in the mother tongue “.
The” native word “include and Romani minority of states to” MTK “Mrs. Dragona. Today, infants of the minority are invited to contact the teacher in Greek, when in many cases, have no contact with the language. This second teacher who speaks their native language of children will help to familiarize the child with the Greek language, explains the special secretary of intercultural education. Based on the results of the pilot program will determine how to apply.
In minority schools are half-courses in Greek (language, history, etc.) and half in Turkish (mathematics, environmental studies, etc.) . So 50% of children of minority (Pomaki and Roma) Pomak or speak Romani at home, taught the Koran in Arabic, do courses Ellinikaà special secretary of the Ministry of Education Thalia Dragona. and Turkey, and the curriculum also includes the learning of English! Even though the Turkish-language children is no less confusing.
With the introduction of the mother tongue of Pomaks and Roma out of kindergarten and primary school, Ms. Dragona clarifies that “school is any language always taught in a standardized and regulated official form. Required for different curricula and textbooks approved and certificated teachers. These conditions are not met for teaching Pomak and Romani “.
” The educational process is weak in teaching Greek especially when dealing with students who live in villages away from urban centers, not their contact with the Greek-speaking population, “notes the president of the Association of Teachers of Primary Education Rodopi, Panagiota Venetopoulos, which teaches a minority school. In recent years a strong tendency for parents to favor minority-speaking primary schools for their children, seeing that this gain a firmer foundation for further progress in education. “There are many examples of parents who, when they saw their child to progress, they took the minority school and subscribed by the public. The difference was large, and integration into the community smoother, “says Mr. Venetopoulos proposing to increase the hours of teaching Greek, currently 10, compared with 8 of Turkey.
However, it explains Mr. Dragona, “the curriculum follows the requirements of the Treaty of Lausanne. In the event that Greece wanted the Turkish being taught only as a second language in schools and other courses to be taught in Greek, something similar would happen to the schools of the Greek minority in Istanbul.
Positive illiteracy
The effects of distortions in primary school appear clearly in secondary education. “When you do not know the language, they can not respond to literary subjects nor in mathematics and science course, which taught in elementary Turkish. The children are confused and gaps in relation to their peers is tragic, “says President Michael Vassiliadis ELME Rodopi. The problem of illiteracy positive follow most of the students after school. It is significant that the diagnostic test for the admission of minority candidates in the Special Education Academy, the 102 to 105 could not add two fractions of Opposites, reveals the director of Anastasios Molohides.
The problem admits the special secretary of the Department of Education , noting that “the children arriving at school having attended elementary school in the minority are more difficult than what the children have attended public school. To address these problems requires appropriate educational materials and proper use, enhancement courses to fill gaps, and training teachers in differentiated teaching. Great importance is attached to ‘ekpaideftikopoiisi, the problems of education of the minority and the de-politicization “.
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