Support to Education of Children and Youth for Poverty Reduction

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Support to Education of Children and Youth for
Poverty Reduction

• Tinde Kovac Cerovic
• Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister for
• Education and Social Policy
• www.prsp.sr.gov.yu
• Belgrade, November 29, 2007

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Education Level of the Population

• Low for entire population
• 23.9 aged over 15 have finished primary school
• 21.9 aged over 15 have not completed primary
  school
• 44.2 of rural women have not completed primary
  school
• Particularly low with vulnerable groups, e.g.
  Roma population
• 61.9 have not completed primary school
• 29 have completed primary school
• 7.8 have completed high school
• 0.3 have completed college or faculty
• Census (2002)

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Poverty by Education Level of the Head of the
Household
Living Standards Measurement Survey, 2007
(preliminary results)
71.3 of poor population in Serbia people with
no education, with incomplete primary school or
only with primary school Living Standards
Measurement Survey, 2007 (preliminary results)
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Analysis of the situation in Serbia based on
select indicators

• Preschool education 3-5 years, scope
• under 40 of children 2004 -37.3, 2005 39.2
  (DevInfo)
• 45 urban children, 14.4 rural children
• 7.5 children from families whose parents have
  finished primary education
• 7.0 from the poorest population
• 3.9 Roma children from slums (MICS 3), UNICEF
  2005
• Preschool preparatory program, scope
• 88.6 children (Roma 56.9, the poorest 77) MICS
  3 2005.
• The least scope of the children who need PPP the
  most from the poorest and rural areas, Roma,
  children with disabilities
• Primary school, completion
• 95 children complete the primary school
• some 74 rural children
• estimated 21-37 Roma
• High school, scope (aged 15-18)
• 76,42. (RSO 2005)
• Least children from Roma settlements (only 10)
  and Roma girls
• MICS 3, UNICEF 2005.

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Overview of multiple barriers for the completion
of school for vulnerable children
Lack of school books, libraries
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Sistem barriers
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System good practices
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Three set of measures proposal for discussion

• Ensuring budget resources for
• covering of costs for poor children in pre-school
  institutions
• free schoolbooks for preparatory pre-school
  program, primary and high school for poor
  children
• free meals for poor and subsidized healthy meals
  for all children in preschool institutions and
  primary schools.
• total of 140,000 children (approximately)
• Scholarships for poor children V to VIII grade
• based on success and social status of the family
• for categories of children under high risk of
  poverty (parents without primary school, the
  unemployed, from rural areas).
• total of 43,000 children (approximately)
• Establish the Fund for Supporting Education of
  Poor High-School Students
• scholarships
• mentorship
• monitoring education attainment.

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Long-term effects

• Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning.
  OECD, 2007.

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• Contact
• Government of the Republic of Serbia
• DPM PRS IFP
• Palata Srbija
• Mihajla Pupina 2, office 113-117
• Tel [phone]
• prs.ifp_at_sr.gov.yu
• www.prsp.sr.gov.yu