Municipality to dress children in boarding schools

The Chisinau Municipal Council will allocate MDL 1,000 for each child in boarding schools in Chisinau municipality for purchasing clothes. At present, municipal authorities work on a draft decision in this respect. Chair of Education, Youth and Sports Division Tatiana Nagnibeda told Monday, April 2, at the City Hall meeting that about 1,400 children are registered at the 5 boarding schools in the municipality. Once the new financial year started, the municipality increased the daily nutrition allowances by 2.5 lei for boarding schools and by 3 lei for auxiliary schools. In the context of the governmental programme for social integration of pupils in care, Tatiana Nagnibeda mentioned that a number of pre-university institutions in the municipality have initiated a cooperation with the boarding and auxiliary schools so as the pupils in care can participate in the educational activities in the ordinary schools. This pilot-project has the goal to integrate the pupils in care into the society and to make sure that the disabled children are treated like in normal schools. According to the cited source, about 50 children in care attend especially the optional lessons, according to the education curriculum in the ordinary schools. The cited source says that pupils from ordinary schools feel compassion and understanding for the children in care, thus rising awareness of the entire society. Such cooperation was initiated by the Boarding School no.1 with “Mircea Eliade” Lyceum, boarding School no.2 with “Traian” Lyceum, Boarding School no.3 with the School no.31, special School no.12 with the School no.6. Lyceums “Mihai Viteazul”, “Alecu Russo”, “George Meniuc” etc, are also involved in these activities.