Believes school closures may violate the Constitution and the Convention on the Rights of the Child – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio

– Our assessment is that the professional basis for the change in the school and provision structure lacks sufficient assessments of the child’s best interests, as required by both the Constitution and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, says lawyer John Christian Elden in a press release. This week, the decision will be made as to which schools will be closed or kept open in the interior. Elden believes the case has not been investigated well enough and believes the county council must postpone the case. – It is our assessment that the clear weaknesses in the case presentation raise doubts as to whether the Constitution and the Convention on the Rights of the Child require that the child’s best interests have been sufficiently taken care of and considered, says Elden. At 16:00, competence and dental health manager Aasa Gjestvang will give an account of this in the county council. Engaged by interest groups Advokatfirmaet Elden is engaged by several groups that want all schools to pass. The parents’ work committee at Dokka primary and secondary school, and the action groups “Keep Dokka high school” and “Interdisciplinary working group for future schools in the interior”. Tomorrow, Wednesday 23 October, the county council in Innlandet will finalize the matter of a new school and offer structure for the upper secondary schools. A total of six schools and school sites are proposed to be closed, in addition to several lines. We explain the school case in Innlandet Published 22.10.2024, at 15.34 Updated 22.10.2024, at 15.40



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