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GERMANY - (DE)
School Enrolment & Registration: All parents of school-age children
are informed in writing about the application process and required
documents by the school authorities. Registration period: By the 15th
November of each year, all children who are required to attend school
the following year must be registered.

Frequency of Parent Visits: Parents’ visits are individually scheduled for
approx. twice a year.

Rights and responsibilities of
newly arrived children in education

Compulsory school attendance and the right to attend school are
fundamentally regulated in each federal state’s own school laws. The
educational mandate of the school is derived from Article 7 of the Basic
Law (Grundgesetz). According to Art. 7 paragraph 1, the entire school
system is under the supervision of the Republic of Germany.

Compulsory schooling is to be fulfilled at a public school or a recognized
private school. Depending on the federal state, compulsory schooling
begins on the 5th to 7th year of life on a key date (e.g. June 30);
enrolment in primary school can be postponed by attending a school
kindergarten or replaced by enrolment in a special needs school. The
duration of compulsory schooling is twelve years, of which nine years
are compulsory full-time school (general compulsory school) and three
years compulsory part-time school (compulsory school); compulsory
part-time school is suspended if a full-time school is attended. If no
vocational training follows or another school is attended, full-time
schooling is ten years (basic vocational training year); compulsory
education ends at the age of 18 (some federal states up to the age of
21) if there is no apprenticeship.

Compulsory schooling not only includes regular and punctual school
attendance, but also participation in lessons and other school events
as well as doing homework.

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