Returning the year after 15 unjustified days

The Ministry of Education announced the adoption of the procedural guide for attendance and absence for the academic year 2025-2026, as part of its efforts to enhance school discipline and ensure students’ regularity in the educational process in a way that contributes to raising the levels of achievement and consolidating educational and behavioral values. The guide targets students in government schools.
Through the evidence, the ministry aims to consolidate the values ​​of responsibility and accountability among students as basic pillars for their future, and to build a more interconnected and disciplined school community, in addition to strengthening attendance in days that gain double importance such as Fridays, days before or following official leave, as well as days before the final exams for each semester, and the last two weeks of the second semester, for this for this, for this, for this, for this for this The periods of a great impact on the continuity and quality of the educational process. In this context, the Ministry confirms that the school attendance is a basic condition for academic success and an educational value that reflects the student’s awareness and his keenness on his future.
The Ministry indicated that the evidence came based on specialized educational studies that highlight the seriousness of the repeated absence and its cumulative impact on the level of learning, as these studies indicate the great educational loss resulting from the absence of the student by 10% of the study days, which leads to a decrease in the level of achievement in the equivalent of half a academic year, and this loss doubles to reach the equivalent of a whole year of school when the absence exceeds 20% of the days the study.
The ministry pointed out that the evidence highlights the impact of absence on the school community as a whole, and its negative implications that require effective educational treatment that ensures that it is not repeated, due to its impact on the smooth flow of the educational process and the learning environment, leading to the negative impact on students themselves in the classroom.
According to the evidence, the maximum unjustified absence was determined by five days in each semester. In the event that the number of days of absence at the end of the academic year exceeds 15 days, the student may be forced to restore the full year. The file will be referred to the departments and sectors concerned in the ministry, as well as raising the situation to the foreign authorities concerned with protecting the child to ensure the appropriate intervention.
The guide takes into account various cases that may require the student’s absence from the study seats, as a list of acceptable excuses has been adopted, and includes pathological cases, travel for treatment, participation in national and international forums, emergency conditions, or the death of a relative of the first or second degree. Special exceptions for people with determination and students with chronic diseases have also been approved to ensure that their educational rights are not harmed. The Ministry obliged schools to develop individual support plans for students exposed to repeated absence, including psychological and educational support sessions and periodic communication with parents, in addition to motivational programs that encourage regular presence, provided that these plans are reviewed periodically to ensure their effectiveness.
The procedural guide also determined the weight of absence, so that the student’s absence during the normal days of working days is monitored as one -day, while two days are monitored if it is in the days of Friday or before or after the official leave or during the periods that precede the final exams for each semester and the last two weeks of the second semester.
The procedural guide clarifies the sequence of alerts and warnings about the unjustified absence, as it begins with a written warning after the absence of one day without an excuse, then he is issued a first warning after the absence of three days, followed by a second warning after the absence of six days with the file to be raised to the child protection unit, then a third warning after the absence of ten days with the file re -raising the file to the child protection unit, and in the absence of fifteen days without an excuse. To the competent departments and external bodies concerned with child protection. The Ministry will also add a system of messages to inform the parents as soon as their children are absent from the school, and in this context the Ministry invites all parents to constantly update their data to ensure the receipt of notifications, in order to preserve the safety of their children during the school day.
The Ministry of Education stressed the importance of the role of parents in the success of the provisions of the guide, as their follow -up to the regularity of their children and the presentation of official excuses is a pivotal element in achieving the goals of the guide. The Ministry also provided the right to shade the guardian within five days of work from the date of his absence, in order to ensure transparency and justice in the application of politics.