Új Pedagógiai Szemle

This study presents the practical aspects of Roma integration through a specific case study. We follow the success story of a young girl attending the integrated group at the Ficánka Nursery School in Odorheiu Secuiesc.

Between 2020 and 2024, I conducted a research project based on educational sociology and romology. The study focused on the factors influencing the institutional attendance of Roma children in Harghita County. During the sampling process, interviews were conducted with the girl's mother and the kindergarten teachers working in the integrated group at the Ficánka Kindergarten.

The core of this study is based on reports from these interviews, offering insights into the girl's story from both the mother's and the educators' perspectives.

Although the girl and her family strive to follow the norms of majority society in every possible way, they live in the Budvár roma settlement in Odorheiu Secuiesc. The parents' main aspiration is for their daughter to continue her education in a majority school after finishing his studies at the Ficánka Kindergarten. This goal—initially seemingly out of reach—was eventually achieved.

This study is particularly compelling because it tells the story of integration in practice through a real-life example, offering insights and inspiration from everyday reality.