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The screenshot of the online transmission appeared in 2017, so the statement that "the age of primary school enrollment will be adjusted in 2022" is a rumor. It is true that the "specific age deadline for school attendance is set specifically by each province", but most places still implement the standard of "September 1 as the node".
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In the beginning of the school season, the discussion of the age of primary school enrollment has appeared in people's eyes again. Some online articles mentioned that the Ministry of Education has adjusted the age of primary school enrollment, and the deadline for enrollment is no longer limited to August 31. The article analyzes the worries of parents, the impact of going to school morning and evening on children, and also shows the response of the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education.
1. The screenshot of the network transmission is 2017, so the statement that "the age of primary school enrollment in 2022 will be adjusted" is a rumor
In fact, online articles with similar content have already appeared in 2021, and the article uses the same screenshot of the "Ministry of Education Response", but it does not indicate the time and source of release.
After verification, the screenshot content is from the February 27, 2017 Beijing News article, which was reprinted on various websites with the title "Ministry of Education Responds to "The Deadline for Primary School Enrollment Age is No Longer Limited to August 31".
In the reprinted article of Xinhuanet in 2017, the title and body of the article were basically the same as the screenshots of the circulating articles
The Beijing News reported the original text
It can be confirmed that the sentence "The cut-off date of birth for children enrolled in the first grade of primary school shall be determined by the provincial education administrative department in accordance with the provisions of the law and the actual situation" comes from the original text of the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Education on Doing a Good Job in Compulsory Education Enrollment in 2017" issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Education in 2017.
The Notice was released in 2017 and was not released in the last two years. Online rumors deliberately ignore this and constitute misleading. Therefore, "the 2022 primary school entry age will be adjusted" is undoubtedly a rumor.
2. "The specific age deadline for school enrollment is specified by each province" is true, but most places still implement the standard of "September 1 as the node"
Were there any adjustments in 2017? This understanding is also wrong. Note that the 2017 Notice does not say that the Ministry of Education has adjusted the age of entry, but only mentions that provincial governments can flexibly adjust the deadline for entering school age according to the law and actual situation.
How to understand this statement?
In fact, the mainland's compulsory education law does not use the term "school age deadline", but stipulates the specific age for primary school enrollment. Article 11 of Chapter II of the Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that the parents or other legal guardians of a child who has reached the age of six shall send him to school to receive and complete compulsory education; The latest amendment is the second, made in 2018, which is still in place today.
How is "over 6 years old" understood? The Interpretation of the Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China (2006 Higher Education Press), jointly prepared by the Department of Policy Research and Legal System Construction of the Ministry of Education and the Department of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Legal System of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, explains this: "Children and teenagers who have reached the age of 6 before the start of the new academic year, that is, before September 1 of each year."
However, it should be noted that the Interpretation is only a "doctrinal interpretation", not a law, a legal interpretation or a judicial interpretation, but only an understanding. Another set of Interpretations of the Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China (2006 Law Publishing House), also published in 2006 and compiled by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, does not specify the term September 1.
Therefore, the node of "September 1st" can be understood as a reference. The 2017 notice of the Ministry of Education explains that the specific school age deadline is specifically set by each province, and that this has always been done "due to the difference in the number of school-age children and the actual carrying capacity of educational resources in each province", which is only mentioned publicly for the first time.
In practice, "September 1st" is the node that is implemented in most places. However, after the 2017 notice was issued, some media combed through the previous policies of many provinces and cities on the age of primary school enrollment, and found that "Anhui, Hebei, Hubei and other provinces had previously had certain flexible policies for children under the age of 6 on August 31 according to local conditions."
However, this "flexibility" has not yet become a national trend. In response to the rumor that the school age will be adjusted, many local governments have responded and have not adjusted the school age deadline.
On January 11, 2022, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education published on its official website the answer to the netizens' question of "relaxing the age limit for enrollment", clearly mentioning that Guangdong Province is not yet suitable for further liberalizing the age of primary school enrollment and has not made adjustments to the age of enrollment.
On January 7, the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission also replied in the open mailbox of the official website, according to the "Chongqing Municipal Compulsory Education Stage Student Status Management Measures" and the "Chongqing Municipal Education Commission on Doing a Good Job in Compulsory Education Enrollment and Enrollment Work in 2021" in November 2016, all children who have reached the age of 6 before August 31 of the year of enrollment (including August 31) of the year of enrollment will be guaranteed by the education administrative department of the district and county (autonomous county) according to law.
Searching for "primary school enrollment age" in the People's Daily leadership message board can be found that since November 2021, there have been many messages asking whether the primary school enrollment age has been adjusted, and the education departments of Shanxi, Henan and Zhengzhou have also responded that there is no change in the requirement that "children who have reached the age of 6 before September 1 of each year can enter primary school".
For the doubts that parents need to wait another year to enroll after the prescribed date, the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission stressed in its reply that the current legal age for enrollment is a long-term practice and has the recognition of the vast majority of parents and society, and if it is to be adjusted, it also needs to be gradually explored through more investigation and research.
All in all, it is true that "the specific age deadline for school enrollment is set specifically by each province", but most places still implement the standard of "September 1 as a node", and a few places may have flexible flexibility. Parents need to check with the local education department for specific situations.
This article was edited by Ryanding
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