Second Chance Schools into S2cene: National Awareness Actions!
Channel: S2CENE - Strengthening Second Chance Education
Date: 2023-12-28

The international project “S2CENE (Strengthening Second Chance Education Networks in Europe) aims to raise awareness and promote the creation of Second Chance Schools’ networks around Europe, thus increasing the public consciousness about the severity of early abandonment in educational context. The project is coordinated by the Portuguese Association of Second Chance Schools and counts with two members in Portugal (AE2O and INOVA+) and one in France (E2C), Bulgaria (NBU) and Croatia (DANTE). 
Coinciding with the ERASMUS+ Days initiative promoted by the European Commission for the promotion of European mobilities and European citizenship in all the partner countries, the Consortium of S2CENE have decided to organize three simoultaneous events on October 13th, starting from 11h30 CET.
The events will be named as “Second Chance Schools into Scene: Awareness Action”, and will promote and disseminate the philosophy and methodology corresponding to Second Chance Education – a new social and educational response aimed to young adults who prematurely desisted of continuing into the formal educational path, and find themselves in risk of social exclusion-; besides showcasing relevant data and statistics around the phenomenon of early quitting, the impact of Second Chance Schools on the matter of social inclusion, and the possible solutions to the social requirements of each territory.