The cabinet is set to approve a bill on special education on Wednesday, bringing about changes to a decades-long system and placing children at the centre of the policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a video posted on social media.

Christodoulides said his government had set the modernisation of the state as a priority to fix chronic distortions and create institutions that will meet modern needs.

“We are establishing personalised support for children with disabilities and for those in need of additional support, we are strengthening the role of parents, we are establishing more transparent and effective procedures, and securing the right to a graduation certificate for all children attending general schools,” he said.

The school the government envisions, he added, was more modern and inclusive, adapted to the needs and potential of every child.

Christodoulides said the government’s reform programme was moving forward to improve the daily lives of the people and to enhance the state of law, transparency, accountability and trust in the institutions.

In this context, the president welcomed discussions on Wednesday at the House legal committee on the legal service reforms.

The government’s proposal was to separate the advisory role of the attorney-general from the prosecutorial role, and establish the effective monitoring of decisions concerning prosecutions.

“We are continuing our reform programme in a reliable manner with institutional seriousness and concrete decisions. We are continuing to change our Cyprus to the benefit of society and the people,” the president added.