Inclusion and Diversity in Education - interviews with participating head teachers

www.britishcouncil.org/indie | Inclusion and Diversity in Education is a British Council project run in collaboration with national and regional education authorities from 9 EU Member States and aims to promote social cohesion and raise educational standards in culturally inclusive schools. The programme develops new projects and practices for managing inclusion and diversity in schools. These are based on a European Youth Charter drawn up by students to give them a voice and a stake in this critical issue. Following an on-line survey gauging prevalent views on integration in European schools, the European Youth Charter was developed. This was the result of a Europe-wide collaboration led by Young Leaders and was finalised In Brussels in February 2008. It was presented to policy makers from all participating countries at the European Parliament and has been the catalyst for further action. Find out more on www.britishcouncil.org/indie

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• inclusion
• diversity
• education
• INDIE
• British Council

[trigga1uk]

diversity - nonsense!

[jabrenna]

Could you elaborate? I'm not sure I understand the point you're trying to make.

[trigga1uk]

i mean the whole concept of diversity is a liberal elite propoganda tool for native europeans to accept without question mass third world immigration. I was at school a little over 10 years ago and there was none of this sort of thing. We just treated everyone the same. Look at the diversity policies of some companies and many tv companies have diversity rules about how much screeentime a certain ethnicity gets - im pretty sure thats racism.

[jabrenna]

Well, I'm a strong believer in facts, so let's bring some of those into our conversation. According to research conducted by the OECD and Eurydice: in some northern European countries, close to 50% of 1st generation migrants do not have the basic math skills to tackle everyday situations. Pupils with an immigrant background tend to leave school early and often have lower reading skills. After school, 1st and 2nd generation migrants are up to three times more likely to face unemployment.

[jabrenna]

I would like you to explain to me how is tacking these challenges 'a liberal elite propoganda tool'?

[trigga1uk]

well are these the people we want in our society? Lets deal with the problem at the source, not let them in in the first place and look out for our own people. And why exactly do children of an immigrant background leave school early? Did you see the recent channel 4 programme regarding race and intelligence?