form skills on personal identity and harmonious relationship that emphasizes self-knowledge and
acceptance, exploitation and self-assessment of personal resources, family as value, etc.
However, following discussions with students during visits to the educational institutions of
the People's Advocate for Children's Rights, it was found that students' knowledge is limited to the
mere enumeration of their rights, without being able to describe any application and protection of
the nominated rights. The Children's Ombudsman notes with reference to Art. 29 of the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child195, that the state has an obligation to ensure the proper
implementation of the provisions of the Convention, which means that children must receive
adequate training in the child’s rights. The Children's Ombudsman also regrets that the opinion of
the National Institution for Child Rights' Protection (the People's Advocate for Children's Rights)
was not requested when developing textbooks for human / child rights related subjects (Education
for Society and Personal Development).
Another issue analyzed by the People's Advocate for Children's Rights during 2019 was the
low level of educational inclusion of children with special needs in educational institutions. The
issue has also been addressed in previous reports of the Children's Ombudsman196 but the large
number of complaints to the Child’s Phone of the People's Advocate Office indicates that this issue
has not been resolved and even more, it is in a state of aggravation.
If in the previous periods the major problems that were invoked consist in the lack of
physical conveniences of accessibility inside the educational institutions now, the approached
problems are more complex and more sensitive. Such a problem is the observance of the children’s
rights with special needs in the psycho-emotional spectrum and those with sensory problems of
sight and hearing. Due to the specific features of development, these children need specific
attention and care, requiring the permanent assistance of the supportive teacher.
Following the monitoring process, the following aspects were identified:
The number of supportive teachers in educational institutions is insufficient;
The overestimated norm of the number of children with special educational needs
established for a supportive teacher;
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https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx
http://ombudsman.md/avocatul-copilului/rapoarte/
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