1. OECD Thematic Review on Migrant Education

2. Country Responses: Overview
Number of countries: 9
Number of country background reports: 5
Number of responses to questionnaire A: 3
Type of additional information provided:
Statistics
Academic articles
Policy documents

3. Link to policy initiatives (EDU/EDPC/MI(2008)10)‏

4. Student level Language
Austria: extra tuition for students with insufficient command of the national language.
Sweden: Education Act provides newly arrived adult immigrants with language tuition
Italy: language tuition of immigrant families

5. School/Community level
First encounter
UK: New Arrivals Excellence Programme (NAEP) includes support to immigrant parents to familiarise themselves with the education system
Teachers
Denmark: reform of teaching education and dissemination project within schools to include knowledge and awareness of teaching immigrant students.
Family and community involvement
Ireland: Home School Community Scheme, which links immigrant parents and school via the help of liaison officers.

6. System level Funding strategies Early Childhood Education and Care
Hungary: additional subsidies for schools with high proportions of migrant pupils whose mother tongue is not Hungarian.
Early Childhood Education and Care
Netherlands: targeting migrant children ‘s participation in pre-primary and early primary education