Article 23. Guarantees of social protection of youth

The following shall be guaranteed for youth in the manner prescribed by law:

free medical care;

free general secondary and secondary specialized education;

free vocational and higher education within the framework of state grants at state educational institutions;

conditions for visiting state sports-health and cultural-educational institutions;

concessional loans for construction, purchase and reconstruction of housing;

concessional loans for study at educational institutions;

provision of housing for orphans and children deprived of parental care;

measures to ensure employment after graduation from a secondary specialized, vocational or higher education institution;

benefits in the field of labor taking into account age-related characteristics, and creation of conditions for combining work with study;

taking into account the needs of youth when designing and constructing social infrastructure facilities;

benefits for the use of public transport.

Assistance in job placement for young citizens who have difficulty finding work and are unable to compete on equal terms in the labor market shall be ensured by creating additional jobs and specialized enterprises, organizing special training programs, as well as by establishing minimum job quotas at enterprises, institutions and organizations for the employment of socially vulnerable youth.

Material assistance may be provided to low-income young families in the manner prescribed by law.

Students and pupils shall not be involved in public works during the educational process, except where such work corresponds to the specialty they have chosen and constitutes a form of educational-production practice, or where pupils and students voluntarily work in their free time. Such work shall be permitted where an employment or civil-law contract exists in accordance with labor or civil legislation.

Other guarantees of social protection of youth may also be provided by law.