Integrating Immigrant Children into Schools in Europe: Measures to foster communication with immigrant families and heritage language teaching for immigrant children

As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 and in tandem with the preparation of a Green paper on the links between education and migration, the European Commission has asked the Eurydice network to update a part of the survey that it produced in 2004 on school integration of immigrant pupils in Europe. The choice concerned two aspects of particular importance in this context ? improving communication between schools and the families of immigrant pupils and teaching the heritage language of the immigrant children. It is hoped that describing the policies and measures adopted today in European school systems with regard to these two aspects can contribute to the debates on the Green paper, especially as regards the key issues of catering for the growing diversity of mother tongues present in schools and building bridges with immigrant families.

The document covers the pre-primary, primary and secondary levels of general education of 30 European countries. Information were provided by the Eurydice national units with additional statistical data from Eurostat, the PISA and PIRLS 2006 surveys and certain national sources.

Reference year(s):2007/08

EURYDICE: Publications: Key Data on Education in Europe 2012 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Publications:Key_Data_on_Education_in_Europe_2012

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