Last Change:

06/16/2025

The Model Regulation on General Education Organizations

Original names of the law: Кыргыз Республикасынын жалпы билим берүү уюмдары жөнүндө типтүү жобо

Year: 2024

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Education

Description

The Standard Regulation on General Education Organizations (hereinafter - Regulation), appended to the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 519 of August 27, 2024, was developed in accordance with the Law "On Education" and other relevant educational legal acts. This Regulation serves as a mandatory standard for state and municipal general education organizations, and as a model for private general education organizations.

Selected provisions
Chapter 4 - Admission and transfer to a general education organization

26. No restrictions on gender, nationality, language, social or property status, health limitations, religion or religious beliefs are allowed for admission to general education organizations.
All children and adolescents eligible for education are admitted to all levels of school education, with priority given to persons (students) residing in the territory assigned to the general education organization in state and municipal general education organizations.
Children are admitted to a general education organization in the manner determined by the authorized body.
Children are admitted to the 1st grade of a general education organization through electronic registration with the school in the manner determined by the authorized body. The age of admission is usually 6-7 years. Taking into account social, psychological and physiological readiness, children aged 5.5 years can be admitted to the 1st grade.
The list of documents required for admitting a child to the 1st grade is established by the authorized body.
27. Certification (testing) of children upon admission to a general education organization is not allowed.
28. When a student is transferred from one general education organization to another, the receiving general education organization must provide a certificate (paper or electronic version) of his/her enrollment. Upon receipt of such a certificate, the general education organization issues the original personal file against the signature of the parent (legal representative) of the student. A copy of the personal file remains in the archive of the general education organization and is stored for at least 75 years. If necessary, the general education organization can issue a report card for the period of study, which is certified by the seal and signatures of the director and deputy director for academic work of the general education organization.
In the event of a student leaving the Kyrgyz Republic, the general education organization, within three days from the date of a written request from the parents (legal representatives), but not earlier than two weeks before his/her departure, and upon presentation of documents confirming the child's departure, issues the original personal file against the signature of the parent (legal representative). A copy of the personal file, written request and attached documents shall be kept in the archive of the general education organization for at least 75 years.
29. The form of the certificate of enrollment in a general education organization and the student's report card shall be approved by the authorized body.
30. Students who have missed 45 or more school days without a valid reason may be recommended by the pedagogical council to repeat their studies in the following academic year.
31. The transfer of students from class to class, conducting midterm (transition exams) and final certification of students shall be carried out by the general education organization in the manner determined by the authorized body.
32. Admission of students to special schools and special boarding schools, to special auxiliary schools and special auxiliary boarding schools, their transfer from one type to another shall be carried out at the request of the parents (legal representatives) on the basis of the conclusion of psychological, medical and pedagogical consultations of the education system.
33. Admission (transfer) of students to special correctional (resource) classes is carried out by the head of the general education organization with the consent of their parents (legal representatives) and based on the conclusion of the psychological, medical and pedagogical consultation. Special correctional (resource) classes implement the educational process according to the primary general education program. The period of mastering the program may be extended by one academic year by decision of the pedagogical council of the general education organization. Upon successful mastery of the primary general education program, students are transferred to the second stage of school education. Students who have not fully mastered the primary general education program may be recommended by decision of the pedagogical council to continue their education according to an adapted program in the general education organization itself (if the necessary conditions and teaching staff are available) or transfer to a special school (boarding school) or a special auxiliary school (boarding school). The procedure for the activities of special correctional (resource) classes is determined by the authorized body. 34. Children are admitted to sanatorium boarding schools on the basis of a referral (conclusion) from health care institutions in the manner determined by authorized state bodies in the field of education and health care. 35. By decision of the pedagogical council of the general education organization and with the consent of the commission for children's affairs, for committing illegal actions and repeated violations of the charter of the general education organization, expulsion from the general education organization is allowed as an extreme measure of pedagogical influence.The Children's Affairs Department, together with the parents (legal representatives), makes a decision within one month on sending the expelled child to another general education organization to continue his or her education or on his or her employment.