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Teaching about the Roma Genocide
Inclusion of the topic in the school curriculum
The Holocaust forms part of the school curriculum on European history and World War II. Specifically, Holocaust education occurs during the 8thgrade of elementary school (at age 14 or 15). Approximately one hour is allocated to the introduction of the topic to students.
Inclusion of the topic in the school textbooks
Genocide and Holocaust teaching materials are occasionally used in literature and language classes; however, material must be adapted to particular teaching needs since specific textbooks on the Holocaust are not used. To this end, state authorities have expressed the need for re-editing social-sciences textbooks at all levels, in the framework of teaching about the Holocaust.
Training of teachers and education professionals
Teachers are not provided with fixed in-service training on the subject of Holocaust education. However, according to the OSCE Report (Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism, page 53): “Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova are an example of just how successful international support can be. In 2003-2004, within the project ‘Tolerance Lessons of the Holocaust’, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress trained teachers from the above-mentioned countries on how to teach about the Holocaust. Experts from Moscow, Kyiv, and Bishkek delivered lectures and headed workshops focusing on methods for teaching about tolerance and the Holocaust. The teachers also received didactic materials.” There was no information regarding Roma in the trainings. In 2003, some 40 Armenian teachers participated in this training.
In July 2014, two training sessions for journalists and teachers were organized at Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. A lecture was provided about the issues of Armenian Genocide teaching in comparison with Holocaust teaching. In Autumn 2014 a training was organized at Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (together with Holocaust Fund of Russia and Moscow Holocaust Center) on Holocaust teaching issues, where a presentation was made on the issues of Holocaust teaching in Armenian schools.
Particular activities undertaken at the level of education institutions
There is no information available about particular activities undertaken at the level of education institutions.