Open AccessPolish Educational System Response Towards Immigrant Children’s Presence at Public Schools
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Gmaj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia migracyjne przegląd polonijny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-4972
pISSN - 2081-4488
DOI - 10.4467/25444972smpp.21.062.14815
Subject(s) - immigration , christian ministry , school system , political science , new immigrants , public education , economic growth , pedagogy , public administration , sociology , law , economics
Since 2001, when the Ministry of Education started to collect data on foreigners attending Polish public primary and secondary schools, their number has increased by tenfold, reaching 42 000 in the school year 2019/2020. The article demonstrates how the Polish educational system has responded to immigrant children’s presence. First, it presents instruments targeted at children with migration experience, which Polish authorities have over the years implemented into law regulating schooling. The second part of the article provides an overview of research on the situation of children with migrant experience learning in public schools. The conclusion is not optimistic: Poland did not have and still does not have a strategic vision of national educational policy encompassing such pupils.