In the case of access to university for a candidate with a disability (disabled person), with the application of adaptations in the examinations and following yesterday's recommendation of the Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth (MSPAN) has decided that, in cooperation with the University of Cyprus, a special examination procedure with the required adaptations, according to the characteristics and needs of the candidate, will be carried out in the context of the 2022 access procedures.
To this end, we have approached the University of Cyprus and the competent services of the Ministry of Education and Science are already engaged in relevant consultations with the University, with the aim of making it possible to create in the coming days special examination essays with "reasonable adaptations". With the cooperation of the Examinations Service of the Ministry of Defense and the University, also utilizing the scientific expertise of academics to be appointed by the University, such a special examination can be conducted for the purpose of admission to the University. If successful, a place may be allocated by the University on the basis of the Regulations in force, provided that the Rules of the University of Cyprus are adjusted accordingly.
With regard to the more general issue and because the existing legislation does not provide for anything similar, the Ministry of Education is preparing a proposal to amend the relevant legislation. The aim is to provide for the possibility, in addition to "reasonable accommodations", to ensure "reasonable adjustments" for persons with disabilities in the Pancyprian Examinations, while ensuring both the calibration of the required adequate knowledge against the examination syllabus and the Table of Specifications, without reducing the level of the examination in relation to all candidates, and the principle of equal treatment that should be strictly applied in comparative-type examinations.
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