Education: Hope for newcomers in Europe
Methodology The information presented in this report was collated between August and November 2016. Field visits were organised in seven Italian provinces: Milan (Lombardy), Turin (Piedmont), Rome (Latium), Naples (Campania), Catania, Palermo and Trapani (Sicily). In total, 85 people were interviewed through semi-structured individual (face-toface and telephone) interviews and focus group discussions: - Nine representaties of educational authorities: one representative of the education ministry, and eight representatives of provincial/regional offices (Ufficio Scolastico Regionale/ Provveditorato agli studi) - 15 social workers from 12 accommodation centres for unaccompanied minors asylumseeking families - Six representatives of four municipalities - Three representatives of a prefecture.1 - 15 experts: two on intercultural education and integration from renowned foundations (Fondazione ISMU and Centro COME), three law experts on asylum and international protection (Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione), and 10 representatives of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)/associations/social cooperatives working in the field of migration and/or intercultural education (Dedalus Cooperativa Sociale, Save the Children, ASAI, Il Nostro Pianeta, Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche in Italia) - One representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Italy - 18 teachers and 18 education support personnel (principals, vice-principals and administrative staff) of 19 schools The panel of 19 schools comprised “regular” schools (including pre-primary, primary, lower and general/vocational upper secondary schools) and eight Adult Learning Centres (Centro Provinciale per l’Istruzione degli Adulti – CPIA), where most unaccompanied minors aged 16-18 years are enrolled. In addition to that, informal conversations were held with national and local representatives of the education trade union, UIL Scuola, and the union confederation, UIL. 1 Local delegation of the Ministry of the Interior.
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