“In short, the Ministry admits that the student is being uprooted from her class” – It returns against Min. Education the KYSOA – It speaks of a racist approach – What it says in a new announcement
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The KYSOA is back for the 8-year-old student.
It speaks of an “arbitrary” decision by the Ministry strong> Education, Sports and Youth (YPAN) regarding her studies in a special unit.
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It is noted that in the announcement of the Ministry of Education dated November 21, 2022, in which it is stated that the 8-year-old student with a disability who was excluded from the general class “will continue her studies at the school of her community, without being excluded from the classroom environment”, ” it is confirmed that by its decision on October 21, 2022, it rejected the parents' objection and voluntarily decided to study the child “in a special unit” who is housed in the same school”.
“She doesn't say that she can study in her “class” but at her school in a room with five other children with disabilities. In short, the Ministry admits that the student is uprooted from her class and will return as a “visitor” and under a different status to it “for the remaining courses” and for the remaining ten years of the school term, while during the numerous hours of Greek and Mathematics he will be forced to be in a Special Unit, a structure of separation and exclusion< /strong> for which testimonies and scientific researches abound as to the destructive influence it has on all levels of a child's development,” it added.
