Constitutional Court strikes down separate school enrolment for Ukrainian children

The Constitutional Court has annulled a legal provision that allowed separate enrolment of children from Ukraine into primary schools. The court upheld a petition by a group of senators who argued that the separate enrolments were discriminatory. In its ruling, the court criticised the unequal treatment of a particularly vulnerable group — refugee children — noting that the legislation complicated their access to education. Newly-appointed Education Minister Robert Plaga (ANO) welcomed the court’s decision stressing that violating the principle of equal access to education is unacceptable.