In general, the obligations derived by the International Conventions (in which Albania is a Party) and national legal provisions on disabilities, oblige the higher education institutions to provide reasonable adjustments to students with disabilities. HEIs are obliged to set out clear regulations and procedures on how to offer reasonable adjustments (infrastructure facilities, hygienic conditions, appropriate services, special assistance to persons with reduced mobility accompanying person for blind people, etc).
Pursuant to the legal framework on disabilities, for students with disabilities, related law and bylaw provisions are provided in the adopted legal acts on higher education. According to these acts, students with disabilities benefit from scholarships, grants, reduction or exemption from paying fees, etc.
The disabled candidates for admission in the universities benefit from admission requirements derogations defined in the relevant bylaws.
The benefits follow the submission of relevant documents issued by the competent authorities (mainly medical) for the certification of disability.
HEIs’ Counseling Offices and Didactic Secretaries assist students to submit documents to the respective offices. They tell the students about the type of documents students need to provide and how to proceed with.
The final decision is taken by the HEI’s Board of Administration, in the framework of the institutional autonomy granted by the Law.