(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Private and public schools in Sharjah will not be allowed to accept enrollment for students aged less than four years for KG1 anymore.
The students have to be four years or more. They will not be admitted even if they are one day less than the required age at the time of enrollment, said an officer at the Sharjah Education Zone.
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The official said the decision was issued in 2014 by the Ministry of Interior to be implemented in all private and public schools that enrolled students who were just three years old.
This practice will not be allowed any more by the education zone and it will keep supervising the schools and controlling the enrollment each year. The computerised system has also been programed in such a way as not to accept students less than four years in KG1.
Meanwhile KG1 managements in schools believe that next year there will be a lot of rush for admission as many were rejected last year due to the new age rule.
Seats for KG1 may be very limited and many students might not get enrolled, according to school managements.
Some schools such as Al Marifa International School believe that the age determined by the ministry is apt, and the right age when the students' brain would be well developed and mature for beginning the learning process.
"There are many students in KG1 who are less than four years old and have faced learning difficulties. However, it was found that they improved after they completed four years," said Mariam Al Zarouni, head of KG1 and KG2 department in a private school. Parents, however, considered the new law unfair, as many students who are less than four years with just a few days will lose one academic year. When they start KG 1 they will be almost five years.
A top official at the Sharjah Education Zone said four is the ideal age for enrolling students in KG1 and that it was determined based on extensive studies. The official added that students on the waiting list this year will be accepted the next academic year (2015/2016) as schools will be instructed to increase the number of KG1 classes with obligation of education rules and laws.
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