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• The objective of the new integration policy is as
  follows
• to strengthen cohesion in the Aarhus society
  and to ensure that everyone irrespective of
  ethnic and cultural background participate as
  active citizens with respect for fundamental
  democratic values. Ethnic minorities shall in
  reality have the same opportunities, rights and
  duties as other citizens of Aarhus.

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• As of September 2006 5,521 bilingual pupils in
  the municipal primary and lower-secondary schools
• This corresponds to 18,4 of all pupils in the
  schools of Aarhus
• 0 -15 31 schools
• 15 - 30 9 schools
• 30 - 50 5 schools
• 50 - 70 2 schools
• 70 - 100 5 schools

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• Goal
• The Municipal Department for Youth must work
  professionally and with high quality to ensure
  that children and young people in Aarhus
  Municipality acquire the necessary technical,
  personal, social and cultural competences
  enabling everyone to complete a study and be
  capable of active participation in society as
  democratic citizens.
• All institutions must contribute to develop and
  implement Aarhus Municipalitys new integration
  policy focusing on fellow citizenship and
  antidiscrimination, including a language plan of
  action for all children and young people.

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• The differentiated effort is
• 1) Language instruction for children aged 3-6.
• 2) Magnet schools
• 3) New acts from the Parliament
• 4) Full day schools.

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• Language instruction for children aged 3-6.
• Goal
• All bilingual children must be able to begin
  their schooling in a regular pre-school class and
  they must be included in the free choice of
  schools across school districts.

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• Magnet schools
• The overall goal of magnet schools is to make
  sure that the pupils of the district are
  contained through for instance a strong local
  school profile and superior professional
  competence.
• The magnet school concept includes the 8 schools
  which have the largest percentage of bilingual
  pupils (48-100)

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• New acts from the Parliament

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• Full day schools
• The goal of full day schools is to provide
  children, who have Danish as their second
  language, with good schooling which will
  strengthen them linguistically, in terms of
  subject proficiency as well as socially and
  culturally.