We requested the government to eliminate the so-called "failure within the capacity", in which parents of students with disabilities in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, fail the entrance examination for public high schools even though the number of students is not enough.
In Tokyo, about 50 people, including Takako, the mother of Mika Saiga (17), who has a serious disability due to an intractable disease in Urayasu City, and parents of people with disabilities nationwide made a request to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Mika, who usually uses a wheelchair and needs assistance, wanted to go on to a local prefectural high school for three years in a row, and even though she tried the entrance exam, all of them failed at the school with less capacity. increase.
Her mother, Takako, said she was "she'comprehensively judged'about her failure, she was told by high school, but she was deprived of her right to education." She appealed to get rid of the internal failures.
In response, a person in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology replied, "It is important that rational consideration is given according to the disability, but the judgment of pass / fail depends largely on the judgment of each high school."
After the request, Takako, her mother, said, "I'm sorry that there was no concrete word from the person in charge of the country. I want to. "