constraints, there was no 24-hour security monitoring. There were repairs to the school building
roof (roofing tile replacement) underway at the time of the NPM visit.
The NPM determined that the condition of the physical environment and equipment had
remained unsatisfactory despite partial repairs to sections of the bathroom and toilet facilities
in the dormitory. The children’s bedrooms had worn out furniture and insufficient personal
space.
The children were given food prepared in accordance with a recipe book and a guide to menu
planning. The calorific value of the food was sufficient but the menus were unvaried and the
intake of milk, yoghurt, and fresh fruits was insufficient. The NPM team did not receive any
complaints from children about the quality of the food.
5.2. Education and Training
In the academic year 2015/2016, the CBS in the town of Rakitvo provides educational service
to the inmates from grade 6 through grade 12. The boarding school offers specialized vocational
training classes in window and door manufacturing, and in locksmithing.
A major issue identified in the previous inspection came to the fore once again in this year’s
inspection. It relates to the lack of adequate education process. Learning was clearly neglected
by the students and their activities related mostly to sports and the games organised at the
boarding school. The use of the computer room was scheduled and the students had a certain
amount of individual computer time.
Eleven children had special educational needs and their education was supported by a resource
teacher.
5.3. Medical Care
The boarding school has a health room. Its equipment was found to be outdated and worn out
but the health room did meet the requirements of MoH Ordinance No. 3 of 27 April 2000 on
health rooms in childcare facilities and schools. The emergency medicine cabinet was
adequately stocked. The health room was staffed by a full-time assistant medical officer. He had
been supplied with the complete set of medical documents as per the said Ordinance, but had
been failing to keep them accordingly. There were no entries of 2015 annual health screening
assessments. The only record book kept was the one containing entries of students’
immunization status. The medical records reviewed contained the individual outpatient record
of the student I.Z. even though he had been moved to the reformatory for male juveniles in
Boychinovtsi and his medical record should have been sent along with him. The NPM team
found out that the assistant medical officer was not familiar with the health status of the
students at the boarding school.
The health room had been inspected at the start of the academic year by the RHI of Pazardzhik
Province.
All inmate students were registered with a GP practice and were also on a dentist’s patient list.
As regards their annual health screening assessments, the GP insisted that the anthropometric
measurements were to be performed by the assistant medical officer at the boarding school
and vice versa. No students at the boarding school required continued medication therapy.
Eleven students had been diagnosed with mild mental retardation. They had therefore been
assigned a specialist resource teacher. V.K. has a mixed developmental disorder with
externalized attachment disorder behaviours. It was established that in regard to H.G. there
existed an expert decision by a Work Capability Assessment Board (WCAB), valid through 2016,
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