They don't even have their own room and their parents decide how to survive. The state has now offered to help

11. 01. 2022 19:42 | BRATISLAVA / TV Markíza

According to the expert, however, this is not a system solution

They do not have their own children’s room and their parents decide how to survive. Therefore, education is in the last place for them. The state will now reimburse schoolchildren for children from poor families. However, according to the expert, this is not a systemic solution.

The school is often the only place for children from Roma settlements to write and read. Therefore, it is beneficial if they spend the afternoon in a school club. 805 pupils go to primary school in Luník IX. Only one hundred of them attend the school group. There is the big problem that the children get part of the curriculum in the morning and no one fixes it with them in the afternoon, “said Júlia Tothová, deputy director of the elementary school Ľ.

The Ministry of Education will reimburse the group for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, according to calculations it is 17.5 thousand children

According to the expert, insufficient solution. The pandemic has meant that there are far more children in need of financial assistance than the ministry has calculated. However, these children do not have a label for the socially disadvantaged.