CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Martin, Silke Inken |
|---|---|
| Title | An Unequal Start: The Right To Education and the Education Gap for Students with a Migrant Background in France and Germany |
| Summary | Abstract Students with a migrant background are marginalized in education systems in European societies. Destination countries face the challenge of integrating an increasing number of migrant students and students with a migrant background into national education systems. This thesis discusses the education gap between students with a migrant background and non-immigrant students in the public education systems of France and Germany. The education gap is discussed as a persistent infringement on the right to education and draws on regional and international human rights instruments to discuss the scope of the right to education. The current status quo of the structured systems of France and Germany are conducive to the experienced indirect and direct institutionalized discrimination faced by students with a migrant background. An adaptable, inclusive, and integrative perspective is offered as an alternative to the deficit-oriented approach which emphasizes the cultural and social deficits of migrant communities in France and Germany as the root problem of the education gap. |
| Supervisor | Kollonay Lehoczky, Csilla |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/martin_silke.pdf |
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