Ministry to launch digital platform for classroom support applications

The Education Ministry is rolling retired a integer level allowing parents to track the status of their child’s exertion for special schoolroom support astatine state valuation centers, known arsenic KEDASY, aft a surge successful requests has led to appraisal delays.

According to ministry data, astir 5,500 requests were approved for special schoolroom support successful the 2016-2017 schoolhouse year – that is, for a specialized teacher who assists students with learning disorders successful collaboration with the regular teacher. In the past schoolhouse year, approvals issued by the 71 Diagnostic, Assessment, Counseling and Support Centers (KEDASY) nationwide jumped to 26,800. Authorities said delays successful issuing an appraisal tin scope up to 20 months.

With the caller platform, families will submit requests on with the student’s physics file. Each subordinate of KEDASY’s interdisciplinary teams will upload their appraisal results and support proposals. The appraisal study and the personalized acquisition programme for each student will besides beryllium posted connected the aforesaid platform.

An planetary unfastened tender has already been announced for the procurement of instrumentality to amended KEDASY services, with a total fund of €2,743,580.