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In the Perm region, students with cancer were expelled from the gymnasium
A former student of the gymnasium in the city of Chaikovsky, Perm Territory, turned to the Ombudsman for Children in the region with a complaint about deductions related to long-term treatment for cancer. It is reported by Interfax.
According to the children's ombudsman in the region, Pavel Mikov, the city commission for juvenile affairs began checking the appeal and "sided with the minors."
the expulsion of schoolchildren with cancer announced On October 11 , the Tchaikovsky News website . The publication wrote that during the summer holidays, the director of the gymnasium, Marina Rusinova, demanded to leave the school from two students who spent a significant part of the last academic year on treatment at the Perm oncology center, as well as at home schooling.
The director allegedly argued her demand by the fact that children “spoil all indicators”. The site Properm.ru reports that Rusinova commented on the situation with the words "pure lies." It is not clear from the message what kind of information the director called untrue.
“A medical diagnosis (oncological disease) is not a legal basis for excluding a child from an educational organization of any level,” Mikov told the Interfax news agency. […] The agency has not yet been able to receive comments from the inspection commission and the regional ministry of education.