A twelfth grader with reduced mobility and speech impairments from Glodeni today covered a distance of almost 20 kilometers by a taxi to get to the Baccalaureate center and take the first exam for her in the current session. The girl became disabled as a result of a stroke.

The girl’s mother has told IPN that when her daughter arrived at the Baccalaureate center, the center’s head told her that they received no instructions to create special conditions for her and she will have to take the exam in the same conditions as the other students. Earlier, the Ministry of Education issued a communiqué saying that an additional hour will be allotted to the girl for the exam and appropriate conditions will be created for her, including a room for writing and a teacher to assist her.

“The fact that my daughter moves and didn’t remain at home in the bed is only due to her because she wants this, but she only recovers her abilities to move and speak. She cannot take the exam in equal conditions. She needs assistance. The specialists who examined her told me that she has memory and is able to learn, but cannot express her thoughts as the other children,” said the girl’s mother.

The principal of the lyceum where the girl studies said that on September 1 last year the student asked to be allowed to come to school unaccompanied. “The social workers should have taken this fact into account. She wanted to be among her mates in order to recover her ability to speak. I talked to the doctors and they told me that the girl moves with difficulty. This girl has extraordinary courage. So many people speak about her, but nobody helps her. Yesterday evening they told us that she will take the exam in a separate room and will be assisted by a teacher. She is diligent and should be helped,” stated the principal.

In a communiqué, parliamentary ombudsman Tudor Lazar says that the legal representative of the student filed an application to the National Exams Commission, asking allowing the girl to take the exams at home. But the Commission refused, arguing that the student is not immobilized. The ombudsman recommended the minister of education to make sure and guarantee the rights of this and other students who are in similar situations by creating exams commissions for taking the exams at home because the constitutional rights of the persons with disabilities must be respected, while the state should make consistent effort to ensure all the conditions needed for the social integration of these persons, including in education.