المملكة: Urgent – Education: National address is a condition for admission and differentiation according to proximity and relatives

Continue The Ministry of Education, for the third day in a row, receives new applications through the electronic “Education Portal”, stressing that the “national address” represents a mandatory condition for admission, with differentiation points directed to the benefit of relatives and residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the school.

The Ministry, in a follow-up to the progress of the registration journey that began last Sunday, revealed that the digital system adopts precise criteria for comparison in General education, Qur’an memorization, and kindergartens.

Place of residence and presence of relatives

She explained that the proximity of the educational facility to the National Address location gives the applicant higher points that favor him to obtain the academic seat.

She added that the presence of a first-degree relative, whether father, mother, or brothers, in the same school, directly increases the balance of differentiation points.

She pointed out that if there are no vacancies in desired schools, the system will forward The studentis automatically selected for the closest available vacancy to his registered national address.

Education stipulated that a package of basic requirements be met, the most important of which is a valid national ID, completion of vaccinations, and a medical fitness examination via the “Sihati” application, without which registration cannot be completed.

It indicated that the registration period available throughout the current month of April does not give any priority at all to those who initiate early applications.

The portal was made available to Loyalty. The order is to specify ten school desires through an interactive geographic map, with the possibility of arranging them as a priority for acceptance via drag and drop. She indicated that a maximum of two desires may be allocated to schools for memorizing the Holy Qur’an, and the rest of the eight desires should be distributed to public education schools or private housing. Differentiation. It threatened applicants for private housing schools that they would lose the opportunity to enroll in college if it was proven that they did not actually belong to the residential complex.

Regulation of age groups

The regulations resolved the issue of age groups, specifying admission to the first grade of primary school for those who have completed six years by the twenty-fourth of August 2020, and allocating the third level of kindergarten for those born until the twenty-fourth of August 2023.

The Ministry categorically confirmed that there are no exceptions at all for those who have not Completing the regular age, whether in the government or private sector.

Education addressed the issue of students who are ninety days younger than six years of age, requiring their prior registration in an accredited kindergarten in order to pass the hurdle of admission to the primary stage.

Eligibility for registration and differentiation in government schools and Holy Quran memorization schools was limited to citizens and children of non-Saudi female citizens only. She stressed the need for parents to interact with the interim and class success requests listed on the portal’s information panel.

She explained that if the parent ignores the notification and the entire registration period expires, the automated system will automatically accept the success request to ensure the continuation of the students’ educational journey.

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