"64% of the Gypsies fail in ESO and only 3 out of 100 obtain a university degree degree scroll ". This was highlighted today by Fernando Macías, researcher of the Center of programs of study Gypsies (CEG) of the University of Barcelona. The expert intervened in the third edition of the conference of Education Inclusive organized by the University of Navarra in partnership with the Federation of Gypsy Associations of Navarra Gaz Kaló.

During the meeting, under the degree scroll "Roma youth: present and future of the Education", Macías pointed out that in many occasions there are policies and prejudices that favor the failure of the Roma community in the Education. In response to this, he proposed greater "visibility of the heterogeneity of the Romany population and educational policies, based on scientific evidence, that do not reproduce 'anti-Gypsyism'".

In his opinion, the educational challenges of the Roma community "depend to a large extent on the will, good work, professionalism, science and the absence of anti-Gypsyism in the majority society".

research and training for the inclusion of the gypsy community

In the conference also spoke Ricardo Hernandez, coordinator of the Federation of Gypsy Associations of Navarra Gaz Kaló, who recalled that in Spain there are 1 million gypsies and in Navarra, 8000. He also thanked the School of Education and Psychology and the University of Navarra for holding these conference and for their commitment "to the inclusion of the gypsy community", through the research and the training.

The meeting also included a roundtable on the different intervention models with the participation of Flor Hernández and M. Carmen de Carlos, from the Federation of Gypsy Associations of Navarra Gaz Kaló; Itziar Zudaire and Sara Correia, from the Fundación Secretariado Gitano Navarra; Gabriela Calofir, from Médicos del Mundo de Navarra; and Soledad Aragón and Marisa Andrés, from association de Gitanos de Tudela La Romaní.

The event, organized by the School of Education and PsychologyThe event, organized by the University of Navarra, is part of the project of research "The transition to adulthood of young people from the gypsy community of Navarra", in which the Federation of Gypsy Associations of Navarra, Gaz Kaló, collaborates closely. Also, the workshop is sponsored by Fundación Caja Navarra, Obra Social La Caixa and the UNED.