ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 76 76 RECOMMENDATIONS To the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine: 1. To develop and submit in the established manner for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On State Assistance to Families with Children” #2811XII of 21 November 1992 in terms of continuing payment of state assistance to children who are subject to guardianship, custody, in the case of continuing education in a secondary school after they reach 18 2. To introduce periodic training (every two or three years) in order to improve education capacity of guardians and carers regardless of whether they are in a family relationship with children. CHAPTER 3 3. To take measures to strictly comply with the requirements of the law in terms of timely training of foster parents (every 2 years), taking into account the individual features of foster children. 4. To initiate amendments to the General Regulations on the Centre for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine #573 of 1 August 2013 with regards to authoritizing regional centres of social services for families, children and youth to control the activities of local centres of social services in order to ensure the right of individuals, families and children to receive quality social services. To the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – to take measures to systematically improve the skills of employees who provide social and psychological support to children. To the oblast administrations and Kyiv State City Administration – to take measures to strengthen local authorities’ control over the conditions of care and education of children in institutions, the quality of services to children and families raising orphaned children and children deprived of parental care or who found themselves in difficult life circumstances. 3.2. Right of the child and family in the context of decentralization The right to education The results of analysis of the citizens’ reports received by the Commissioner in 2019 and findings of 41 monitoring visits to the amalgamated territorial communities revealed a number of systemic issues in ensuring the right of children to education. Key issues are the lack of an inclusivity, lack of seats in preschool institutions, discriminatory approach to the provision of education, children attending education institutions without vaccinations, issues of nutrition in preschool institutions, etc. Notwithstanding active promotion of inclusivity in education, the vast majority of education institutions today are not adapted for children with special education needs. Mostly this is due to architectural