Issue of primary school qualifications for foreign minors

Description

The social service of a Child Protection Institute turned to the Ombudsman after finding that the local primary school, schooling a number of foreign minors hosted by the Institute, was not treating them as normally registered students. The Ombudsman noted that, on the basis of the existing legislation, children of third-country citizens residing in the country are registered in public schools even lacking supporting documents. The positive outcome of the intervention of the Ombudsman coincided with the recent adoption of an explicit provision on the matter.