Lack of appropriate education for children of immigrants

Belonging to under-privileged socio-economic circumstances, deprived of their traditional cultural support, and in many cases having an inadequate command of the host country's language, the children of immigrants have a disturbing school failure rate.

One report for 1982 cites the degree of failure or backwardness of 60% of the children of immigrants on leaving school to be so serious that they could not be rescued by the educational system.

1. Social maladjustment of children of migrants
2. Inappropriate education

1. Inadequate cultural integration of immigrants

1. Inadequate education for nomadic children

1. Increasing literacy amongst migrants
2. Expanding educational opportunities for all children

1. Retardation
2. Overeducation
3. Lack
4. Inappropriateness
5. Education