The Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva requested urgent measures to guarantee the rights of the matriculation students in the upcoming state matriculation exams, following a decision by the Supreme Administrative Court to repeal provisions of Regulation No. 11 related to the evaluation of the results.
In a statement to the Minister of Education, Prof. Sergey Ignatov, she expressed concern that the current situation may cast doubt on the normal conduct of the matriculation exams due to the lack of clear and transparent procedures to replace the repealed texts.
The Ombudsman emphasizes that the matriculation exams are of key importance for the future education and professional realization of the matriculation students, which is why the procedures must comply with the principles of legality, transparency and protection of citizens' rights.
In this In this regard, she recommends that the Ministry of Education and Science take timely action to regulate the situation and restore legal certainty in the conduct of the DZI, so as to guarantee the right of high school graduates to access their assessed exam papers through a clear and equally applicable procedure throughout the country, including the possibility of reviewing the grades under clear rules, deadlines and guarantees of objectivity.
In her opinion, Delcheva also insists that the ministry ensure transparency in the process of conducting, assessing and announcing the results of the current exam session, as well as to provide timely and public information to students, parents and pedagogical specialists about the measures taken.