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--- languages:polish_in_the_netherlands_under_construction [2025/12/19 17:32] – [Support structure for education of the language:] mentimoris
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 ==== European legislation on minority language education ====
-On the 5th of November in 1992, the Netherlands signed the [[https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=declarations-by-treaty&numSte=148&codeNature=10&codePays=NET|European Charter of Regional and Minority languages]]. They ratified it almost 4 years later, on the 2nd of May in 1996. It was only less than 2 years later since the legislation was put into action. Specifically, on the 1st of March in 1998. However, there is no explicit mention of the Netherlands providing protection under the charter to Polish.
+On the 5th of November in 1992, the Netherlands signed the [[https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=declarations-by-treaty&numSte=148&codeNature=10&codePays=NET|European Charter of Regional and Minority languages]]. They ratified it almost 4 years later, on the 2nd of May in 1996. It was only less than 2 years later since the legislation was put into action. Specifically, this took place on the 1st of March in 1998. However, there is no explicit mention of the Netherlands providing protection under the charter to Polish. This is because the Charter defines a minority language as a language that is traditionally used within a given territory of a State by nationals of that State who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population, and a language that is different from the official language(s) of that State. ((Council of Europe. (2024). //European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages// (4th edition). Council of Europe. https://rm.coe.int/collected-texts-charter-4th-edition-en/1680b26fa0. Accessed December 19 2025.))
-Similarly, under the [[https://www.coe.int/en/web/minorities/netherlands|Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities]], the Netherlands never made policies towards protecting the use of Polish, either.
+Similarly, under the [[https://www.coe.int/en/web/minorities/netherlands|Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities]], there are no policies that directly provide protection for the Polish language.
 ==== National legislation on minority language education ====
+Unfortunately, not much information is available on direct legislation of Polish in the Netherlands.
+However, there are several Dutch legislations that indirectly permit Polish education in the Netherlands. One of these is the freedom of education, which refers to the freedom to found schools, organise the teaching in schools, and determine the principles on which they are based. ((European Agency. (last update 2019). //Country information for Netherlands - Legislation and policy//. https://www.european-agency.org/country-information/netherlands/legislation-and-policy. Accessed December 19 2025.))
 ===== Support structure for education of the language: =====
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 ==== Primary Education====
-The Polish School Lokomotywa offers classes in Polish language, culture, geography, and history for children who are 5 years and older ((Polish School Lokomotywa. https://www.lokomotywa.nl. //Over Lokomotywa// [About Lokomotywa]. Accessed December 19 2025.)).
+The Polish School Lokomotywa is a supplementary school in Amsterdam that offers classes in Polish language, culture, geography, and history for children who are 5 years and older and, at minimum, possess the basics of Polish. ((Polish School Lokomotywa. https://www.lokomotywa.nl. //Over Lokomotywa// [About Lokomotywa]. Accessed December 19 2025.)).
 Besides this school, there are many other schools in the Netherlands that offer Polish education for children, which are a part of the Forum Polskich Szkół w Holandii (Forum of Polish Schools in the Netherlands)((Kardol, H. (2017). //Poolse Scholen in Nederland// [Polish Schools in the Netherlands]]. Polen in Beeld. https://www.poleninbeeld.nl/maatschappij/poolse-scholen-nederland/. Accessed December 19 2025.)).
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 ===== Online learning resources =====
-Please provide links to online learning resources.
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 === Organisations ===