Instructions for the immediate investigation of the complaint, regarding the re-examination of a 13-year-old student with Down syndrome, were given by the Minister of Education, Costas Hambiaouris, to the competent officials of the Ministry of Education. sections, promoted the "well-understood interest of the child" and stressed that it is waiting for the results of the research conducted by the officials.
"Let's see how we can manage this situation, always for the well-meaning interest of the child. I also contacted the management of the school who explained some things to me and today instructions have been given to visit the school unit and the family, educational psychologists, inspectors, the district inspector, the deputy district inspector and see how we can handle the case and feel the child is happy ”
The Minister of Education confirmed the information that the little girl was examined in the same writing and with the same degree of difficulty as the other students and announced that as soon as she has a complete picture of what exactly happened, a relevant announcement will be issued to the media.
"As the Ministry of Education, we have sent a circular saying that differentiated examination papers should be made. In addition, the Pedagogical Institute offers seminars and teachers are invited to attend. So it's not something that happened today. "
Regarding the correlation of this incident with the implementation of the examination system every four months, Mr. Hambiaouris replied "nothing more untrue."
"With the four-month exams, these children will get the upper hand. And what do I mean? We will not have 100% written to be the grade. We will have 60% oral and 40% written, the big competition. Within 60% there will be various ways of evaluation, which are in line with the particularities of each child "
Source: Alphanews / Loukas Fesias