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--- languages:polish_in_the_netherlands_under_construction [2025/12/19 17:39] – [Online learning resources] mentimoris
+++ languages:polish_in_the_netherlands_under_construction [2025/12/19 18:02] (current) – [European legislation on minority language education] 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 ====
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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.)).