Report of the situation of children's rights in the field of education

Question 5 aims at analyzing the children possibilities to attend school regularly when there isa need to work; when there are economic difficulties; family views on the importance ofschool; distance from home to school and the perceptions on the safety; all these factorsdetermine the existence or non existence of optimal conditions for continuing education. Thequestion was addressed to pupils only, while their answers have been summarized in Table 7.From analysis of the answers we can notice that pupils in the schools for comparison havemore optimistic perception than those attending the target group schools.Table 7. Pupils’ perception on the existence of optimal condition for educationCycle12GroupTargetComparisonExistence of optimal conditions in the material aspect of safety and physical distance to schoolPartially I don't agree I don’t agreeFully agreeI don’t know Totalagreeat all2364 1449 4646 7384 707 1655014.3% 8.8% 28.1% 44.6% 4.3% 100.0%1956 1149 3667 6560 567 1389914.1% 8.3% 26.4% 47.2% 4.1% 100.0%Total 4320 2598 8313 13944 1274 30449TargetComparison2016 1255 4166 7057 663 1515713.3% 8.3% 27.5% 46.6% 4.4% 100.0%1702 1035 3714 6514 528 1349312.6% 7.7% 27.5% 48.3% 3.9% 100.0%Total 3718 2290 7880 13571 1191 28650Question 6 relates to pupils with disabilities and has been addressed to both pupils andteachers. Sub-questions aim to understand if children are treating well children withdisabilities and if they offer their support to them; if they become friends with them; ifteachers treat this children well and if they help them; and if these children feel good atschool. Pupils and teachers largely agree that the school environment offers enough supportfor children with disabilities. And while there is no big difference between children from thetarget and comparison group schools, teachers think that there is a slight difference of 5-10%in favor of the teachers from the schools for comparison. Full results are presented in Table 8.Table 8. Pupils’ and teachers’ perception on the existence of a supportive environment foreducation of pupils with disabilitiesCycle1a) PupilsGroupTargetComparisonSchool offers a supportive environment for the education of pupils with disabilitiesPartiallyI don’t agreeFully agreeI don’t agreeI don’t know Totalagreeat all6079 1280 473 314 478 862470.5% 14.8% 5.5% 3.6% 5.5% 100.0%5593 1106 396 249 441 778571.8% 14.2% 5.1% 3.2% 5.7% 100.0%Total 11672 2386 869 563 919 164092Target5520 1297 441 263 456 797769.2% 16.3% 5.5% 3.3% 5.7% 100.0%105