HIGHER EDUCATION

Thirty-five per cent of all matters concerned the field of higher education, which is similar to the situation of the previous year. It has been already indicated in the introduction that the role we undertake has different characteristics in the two fields of education. Higher education institutions typically make decisions in writing, and have developed regulations for their procedures. Therefore, in most cases, their activities in applying legislation and their decisions in individual matters could be studied on the basis of documents. Accordingly, personal conciliation was initiated in a few cases only. Participants in higher education are grown-up persons with the capacity to act on their own behalf, and this educational field is characterised by dependence to a lesser degree. Consequently, not many of the complaints filed reveal the infringement of fundamental rights ensured by the Constitution. Typically, we receive reports on the rights directly relating to this field of education. As was done in previous years, the matters relating to higher education are presented in three groups.

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