The previous inspection had found that the students’ medical documents were stored in different places – at the GP’s office, at the dentist’s office, and in the students’ administrative files. At the time of inspection, this was found again to be the case. 3.4. Administration and Management As was evident from the staff establishment plan, the boarding school had a staff of twenty-one members: one principal, one chief accountant, five teachers, one psychologist, two support staff, and five workers. Staff members were assigned to duty on a rotating schedule with a view to ensuring around-the-clock availability of teaching staff and safe continuity of child care and responsibility between shift changes. The CBS principal shared that they encountered serious difficulties in cases where a child has reached the age limit, from which the possession of an identity card is mandatory according to the Civil Status Registration Act (Закон за гражданската регистрация). It was established that even though most children currently residing at the boarding school had come from a family environment, their parents would not cooperate with the issuance of an ID card. Another issue that was brought to the fore relates to the legal obligation to escort minors summoned to attend judicial proceedings in some procedural capacity. Escorting children to court entails costs and is associated with staff downtime. The problem is most apparent when children have to be escorted to a court at a considerable distance from the boarding school. In cases where a child’s parents fail to pick him up for school holidays, the child has to travel unaccompanied by an adult which violates the principles of child protection. 3.5. Protection Measures At the time of the inspection at the CBS in the village of Kereka, the youngest child there was twelve and the oldest was seventeen years of age. Two children, who had turned sixteen, had given notice in writing of their willingness to remain at the boarding school. The boarding school principal is the legal guardian of one of the children who is parentless. It should be noted that interviewing the children was quite a challenge since some of them expressed their emotions loudly, while others were quite close-mouthed. They shared with the inspection team that life at the boarding school was too monotonous for them, which was the reason behind the frequent cases of children escaping from the institution. It is notable that nearly all the children interviewed admitted to having run away from the boarding school and the reason they gave was “for a change”. It was established in reviewing the personal files that all escapees had been interviewed upon their return by the boarding school supervisors and by the psychologist in accordance with formal procedures. All interviews had been objectively documented. It should be noted that the staff appeared to be unable to cope with the escapes which seemed to generate tensions both within the institution and among the village population. The NPM received alarming statements from both school inmates and residents of the village of Kereka that children would frequently leave the CBS and wander through the village unaccompanied by a supervisor. In the course of the inspection, the team carried out a random review of inmate students' personal files. The recommendation made in the previous inspection had been taken into consideration and the omissions had been corrected. The re-inspection established that the information contained in the files was more complete. 58