The Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany in International Comparison

This article discusses the results of the RomnoKher study 2021 in an international comparison. Initially, the history of international surveys of Roma households and the use of educational statistics in EU strategies for Roma integration are discussed and problematized. Subsequently, the findings of the RomnoKher study 2021 and current international studies for the areas of early childhood education, compulsory school attendance, early school and training dropouts, and school segregation are presented. For Germany, it becomes clear that the educational participation of 18- to 25-year-old Sinti and Roma has significantly improved compared to older cohorts, but still unmistakably falls below the nationwide average of values. Internationally, educational participation varies enormously between countries and is so deficient in terms of ensuring compulsory schooling in some states of the European Union and the Western Balkans that it must be spoken of in terms of blatant human rights violations.