The right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers 2010, para. 55
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The Special Rapporteur particularly welcomes initiatives, such as those by the Government of Portugal, whose National Plan for the Integration of Immigrants 2007–2009 contains 12 measures in the field of education, including: “Training of Teaching Staff in Interculturality”. In Finland, the teacher training programme introduced in 2001 declares training related to linguistic minorities and immigrants to be a priority area for teachers’ professional development. The Government of Korea states that multicultural education is an integral component of teacher training programmes: as of 2009, 10 teacher colleges offer the “Introduction on Multicultural Education” course.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Persons on the move
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/25, para. 55.