ate “two-speed” pupils, in principle on the sole criterion of their place of residence: for minors coming from mass accommodation sites (in which case they are included in DYEPs) it is not clear in the applicable framework,207 whether it will be considered that they graduated from a specific primary school or high school class, so that the next school year they can enrol regularly in the next grade (possibly in the regular programme). To the contrary, promotion to the next grade is certain - subject of course to adequate attendance and performance - for the children enrolled at the schools of their place of residence or of intercultural education. G. In many accommodation sites, we found that the people responsible for running them and the SEPs had been inadequately informed by the competent ministry and there was a delay in the start of the operation of the DYEPs, even though the vaccinations of the children had been completed in time and preparatory actions had been made for the integration of the children in education. Thus, it appears that the heads of the sites, the residents or even the SEPs are not aware when the DYEPs in their area will start operating and in which schools. H. A  significant gap in the implementation of the DYEP programme is considered to be the fact that by the end of 2016 the operation of the (branches of) kindergartens within the accommodation sites had not started, as provided for by law, despite the preparation and the existence of relevant infrastructure in several sites.208 I. Pending, despite the Ombudsman’s repeated interventions towards the competent ministry, remained up to the end of 2016 the issue of the school attendance of children above 15 years old, for which the establishment of DYEPs had not been foreseen (with Lyceum classes), nor had the recommendations of the Experts committee been implemented.209 207 An exception appears to be the attendance of kindergarten at the DYEPs, which did not however operate until the end of 2016 at the accommodation sites, since attendance is recognised by the law as attendance of a kindergarten branch. 208 Op. cit., document of reply with ref. no. 292/14-2-2017 of the Ministry of Education, according to which the kindergartens within the accommodation centers did not operate initially due to a change in the legislation on procurements (therefore the containers were not procured in time and a new financing source needed to be found) and delays in the technical control and certification of the suitability of the existing structures. 209 See letters with ref.No..1500.2/48194/2016 and 1500.2/8335/2017 of the Greek Ombudsman to the Ministry of Education. The situation on the Aegean islands during the 20152016 period had caused the strong concern of the Greek Ombudsman, since no DYEP had started operating despite the large number of children remaining for long periods at the island Reception and Identification Centers. Certain children however staying in temporary accommodation facilities for unaccompanied minors and apartments had started during the 2016-2017 period to attend morning schools - this however was not the rule, especially due to the negative attitude of the local communities and the corresponding hesitation on the part of those in charge. Access to education of children residing in Eastern Aegean islands With the purpose of informing the parents of the students already attending morning schools, in relation to the protection of the health of their children and in general the smooth functioning of the schools wherever children refugees were integrated, several initiatives were taken at local level, as well as through the Ministry. However, the picture which the Ombudsman has formed shows that in certain cases there were still significant delays in the enrolment of the students until the completion of all the vaccinations and the lapse of an indefinite period of time, due to the lack of responsible medical information of those in charge, and the reaction of members of the local communities to the attendance of the children at DYEPs. The later reaction stemmed to a great extent from the concern - also due to inadequate preparation and information - regarding the transmission of diseases to the Greek students using the same facilities (even though at different times). To this end, the Ombudsman asked the Ministry of Education for information regarding any plan or program on this issue and for the intensification of the efforts. Moreover, the Ombudsman cooperated with the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention, contributing in the creation of audiovisual material with the aim of disseminating the information.210 Information of parties involved in the educational process Furthermore, it was pointed out to the State that it must show similar diligence in order to inform and raise the awareness also of the parents of the children on the move, who need to know the current legal framework of our country, both as regards compulsory school attendance and other relevant issues (e.g. what happens in the case of inade210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuqLOhLKNJE 65