With all government schools completing their first full week of studies for the 2005-06 academic year, registration of students for the John Gray High School closed on Friday; for all other schools, the cut-off for late registration is Friday, 30 September.
These late registration deadlines will be strictly enforced, said a GIS press release. Barring exceptional circumstances, students will not be admitted to government schools after these cut-off dates.
‘Parents have a responsibility to ensure that their children are in school from the start,’ said Chief Education Officer Nyda Flatley. The CEO explained that parents’ compliance with school schedules and programmes is a major factor in ensuring the best possible start to their children’s education as they resume studies each academic year.
Mrs. Flatley explained, as well, that a pattern of staggered enrolment of students impacts not just the late arrivals, but the learning programme in progress for the majority. Teachers must take time out to orient new students and help them catch up. This detracts from the pace of the programme for the rest of students who registered on time, and adds pressure to the teaching load.
‘We will certainly take into consideration circumstances in which late registration may be truly unavoidable, but we will no longer allow those who have no good reason to show up late for the opening of schools to disrupt the work of teachers and other students,’ Mrs. Flatley said.
Mrs. Flatley said that the earlier cut-off date for the John Gray High School took into consideration the more intensive programmes of study in these final years of secondary education, and the consequently greater impact of staggered enrolment.
All parents of school-age children are therefore advised to ensure their children are in school. Effective 30 September, late admission to all government schools will cease for the 2005-06 academic year.
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