ensuring that suitable teaching materials are provided to schools and
appropriate changes are made in the national curriculum.
Upon recruitment, teachers should be provided with adequate training on
anti-bias education, prejudice in education, methodologies for second
language learning, multicultural education, and effective ways of involving
parents and disadvantaged minority communities. They should be provided with
adequate incentives and support to teach minority languages.
It is essentially required as a strategy to revise the curriculum and to produce
learning materials with the help of NGOs, to take into account the minority history,
culture, values and principles of multicultural education.
Creating opportunities for training and development, internships and other
funding opportunities to consolidate the effective education strategy for
young under-represented women and men who will be the future leaders of national
and international minority movements.
To encourage extremely poor and disadvantaged minority children to complete
primary school there is need to do budgetary allocations (as national strategy)
for free food, clothes, study materials, and free transport facilities from
outskirt areas.
States should ensure effective remedy for cases of discrimination against minority
in the fields of education within the legislation as well as other national policies.
Responsible education and municipal authorities should monitor and support the
whole national strategy (with respect to the minority community needs), including
through regular school visits, in order to make further recommendations.
Broadening awareness of the priorities of the “Declaration on the Rights of
Minorities” and creating opportunities for increased minority individual
participation in the whole minority development process.
We would also like to invoke the commitment and role of UN Specialized agencies.
According to Art. 9 of the Declaration on the Rights of Minorities, the specialized
agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system shall contribute to the full
realization of the rights and principles set forth in the Declaration, within their respective
fields of competence.
UNESCO: UNESCO is an agency which is primarily responsible for education, therefore
several projects can be proposed. Pilot projects with bilingual and multilingual
education in schools as well as universities. In a case when a minority lacks knowledge of
state language, to conduct state language programs specifically for the
representatives of minorities. In order to achieve a multicultural society and eliminate
discrimination, it would be good to make awareness raising campaigns regarding UN
Declaration on Minorities. The Declaration can be incorporated into a teacher’s
training programmes as well as human rights subjects at school. Additionally, special
attention should be made with regards to girls’ education.
UNHCR- In a case where refugees and IDPs exist in the States, they mostly belong the
representatives of the minorities groups , and it’s very important to address the needs
specific to the study materials, schools and access to education, of these vulnerable