Question: My 7-year-old nephew came back from abroad and wants to apply to attend primary school in Vietnam. Can he enter first grade like 6-year-olds?
TRANG LINH(Thanh Mien)
Reply:
Article 33 of Circular 28/2020/TT-BGDDT dated September 4, 2020 promulgating the Primary School Charter stipulates the age for primary school admission as follows:
The age of students entering first grade is 6 years old and is calculated by year. Cases that can enter first grade at an age higher than the regulation but not more than 3 years old include:
- Children with disabilities, physical or mental retardation,
- Children in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions,
- Ethnic minority children,
- Orphans with no place to go,
- Children returning home from abroad,
- Children of foreigners studying and working in Vietnam.
In case children enter first grade 3 years older than the regulation, the head of the Department of Education and Training will decide.
According to regulations, your child is 7 years old, older than the age to enter first grade, but because he is a child returning from abroad, he can still enter first grade like 6-year-olds after completing the required procedures.
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