Right to Education

The scope of protection of the right to education includes questions, alerts and complaints of those seeking assistance from the Ombudsman to resolve their violated rights regarding: 

• Rights of children with special educational needs (SEN);
• Rights in preschool education - problems related to access and provision of social services in nurseries and compulsory preschool education, children's right to qualitative care and an appropriate educational environment, the scope of children in preschool education, measures for social support of parents, interaction with parents, etc.;
• Rights in school education - problems related to equal access to education, quality of education, reorganization of the school network, curricula and educational content, assessment and exams, extracurricular activities and sports activities in schools; workload of students at school, healthy and safe environment and nutrition of students in educational institutions, state of the material base, scholarships for students, etc.;
• Rights in higher education - problems related to the quality of education offered by higher education institutions; accreditation of higher schools and of individual fields, financing of higher education; holding academic positions; research activity in higher education institutions; attestation of the teaching staff, payment of the academic staff; semester fees; scholarships for students; access to student dormitories and their conditions, administrative services in higher education institutions, etc.;
• Other - problems related to the management of educational institutions, practicing the teaching profession, qualification and retraining of teachers, acquisition of pedagogical competence, certification and payment of those working in the education system, interaction with parents, introduction of educational mediators, education for adults and others.