complaint, in which the submitter alleged that his son- in the preparatory stage of study- was subject to expulsion from school without the statement of reasons. Also eight requests for assistance were received, the first one of which petitioned the National Institution to intervene and exert efforts to restore the grandson of the submitter of the request to his place in school in the wake of his expulsion due to be being accused of breaking one of the tables, while indicating that he suffers from psychological illness and possesses medical reports confirming this; as to the other requests they related to not accepting the children of the requests submitters born in December 2011, and January 2012 in first elementary grade, where the suspension of their admission was in compliance with the decision of the Minister of Education based upon Article (6) of Law No. (27) of 2005 concerning education which provided that “Elementary education is a right for children who reach the age of six at the start of the academic year…” 43. The National Institution, in consequence of receiving the abovementioned complaints and requests, studied them and expressed legal opinions concerning them, where the essence of legal opinions were grounded in protecting the better interests of the child, and the Ministry of Education was addressed, where the status of the dismissed students was rectified and their place in school was restored, and the National Institution continues to make efforts with the Ministry of Education concerning the remaining cases. 102

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