What school should my child attend: Preparing and Enrolling Your Child

I am a supporter of selection, but it is necessary to select on the basis of mutual conformity – there must be an understanding of what the school can give, that this model suits the child and he can develop in it in the best possible way, and vice versa. Popular school does not mean the best for your child, and specifically taken. Children are completely different. Even having the same parents, they are completely different. And here this selection and selectivity are very important.

In real life, we are now faced with a situation of a shortage of quality education, that is, a quality environment created that seems attractive to parents and children. There are fewer places than there are applicants, and this explains the crazy competitions in elementary schools. The selection should be, but should not be so painful. If a hundred people are in place and if the child is not accepted, and he has done so much work, for him it becomes such a blow to his pride, this situation in itself is not very healthy.

Should there be social strata?

V.Z: learning, living together, making friends from other social environments that you never meet in your ordinary life are very valuable in themselves.

And what the school should decide in principle is the creation of connections and the destruction of social tunnels, the expansion of one’s horizons. The expansion of horizons occurs, including when you have the opportunity to communicate with people who live in completely different circumstances and with completely different opportunities.

E.T.: I am also against the division of schools into social strata, because children must understand that not everything in the world is the same and they can enrich each other both culturally and from the point of view of everyday life, and understand that indeed there are different layers and the world is multifaceted. But if you dream, then, in my opinion, there should not be selective schools – there can be classes. When a child is five or six years old, it is difficult to understand his motivation, his abilities, his interests and how they will develop. And if all children study together, looking and considering phenomena and phenomena and not studying subjects, then deeper and deeper the child can dig into either mathematics, or physics, or astronomy, and thus turn into some kind of separate classes. , and then there will be a selection.

E.R.: I am, of course, for inclusive education. Inclusion is not only about restrictions on health, it is about the inclusion of different categories of people: these are migrants, these are children from single-parent families, in difficult life situations, including those for health reasons. And if inclusion is implemented professionally and competently, with high quality, then there is nothing bad besides positive aspects. Parents are afraid that in an inclusive environment the child will develop more slowly than he could. No, in a well-built inclusion, each child develops at the pace that suits him, and, on the one hand, he is not pushed too hard, they do not require more from him than he can today, and on the other hand, they are motivated. And at the same time, it acquires a picture of the world that is more in line with reality, our world is just as inclusive: this is not our choice anymore – the world is a priori inclusive, and, accordingly, it would be great if the school as a model of the world was also inclusive. But to organize such high-quality inclusion is a very painstaking work and an expensive process.

E. T.: I didn’t learn anything new about my career guidance tests. Either I know my children well, or the tests are like that. But if there is a good career guidance, it is very, very useful. In my opinion, if we talk about advice to parents, then we need to try and look with the child for what is close to him, what he likes, and talk with him about how he sees his life when he is an adult. We discuss with the children how they see their day: it is important what time the child goes to bed, what time he gets up, how he sees his working day, how many people are around – is it open space or is he alone, how does he work – in a team, in a small team, in great how it is interconnected. It was in this way, discussing the image of the day of our eldest daughter for several months, that we came to animation, which was completely unobvious, because, on the one hand, she drew, on the other hand, she was fond of mathematics and physics.

My advice is to experiment, experiment and listen to the child, and listen to what he does and what he says.

E.R.: It is very often difficult for us parents to give up our ideas about what is good for our child. The other day I talked with one mother, she says: “I really want my child to choose his own direction, because he has obvious talents and a predisposition to study history, and he follows the lead of his friends and wants to enter a mathematical school.” I heard a dissonance in this phrase. That is, the mother has already heard that the child must choose for himself, but she is not ready to accept his choice.

In any educational process there is an element of overcoming, and if this choice is his, the child, then he is ready to make this overcoming. If the choice is imposed on him, he is not ready, he does not have an understanding of why he needs it. So career guidance is important and it is important to do it correctly so that the child has a set of ideas, from which he will then choose something.

VZ: Career guidance involves choosing a profession. And when choosing a profession, we choose from what exists today, and children will live in a world where 80% of professions simply do not exist now, and the same 80% that exist now, but will soon disappear. Therefore, it is better to talk about choosing a further path and what you want to do in life in general and how you want to realize yourself. It is very important. In addition, all forecasts indicate that in the future people will often change their occupation, it will not be such that they will work in the same area all their lives. And it is important to give the opportunity to try and apply what you are doing to today’s reality, realizing that it will change.

Now, until the age of eighteen, children in our school do not touch anything, and then institute, university, where they go, often without understanding why. Therefore, of course, it is important to dive into reality, the opportunity to practice and apply the acquired knowledge and skills in order to understand what it is and form some kind of choice. I would not call vocational guidance this modeling of myself in the real world.

Overcoming is one of the skills that is very important to teach. To achieve something, you need to go through the process of overcoming: if you have chosen and made your own conscious choice, then you need to go further to the end and force yourself inside.

E.R.: Never sacrifice contact with a child, never lose contact with a child. These relationships of trust have been built, if they exist, then together we can make the wrong decision, we know about it together, and then together we will figure out how to eliminate or correct the consequences.

It is important for children to make all their mistakes. We’ve made all our mistakes in our lives, now it’s their turn.

There is some kind of our established idea that the results of our child, some successes or failures, are our successes or failures. But we must somehow separate them from ourselves and recognize that all their merits are their merits, just as all their mistakes are their mistakes.

V.Z.: Listen, hear the child, talk and understand that we make this decision not for ourselves as parents, but help the child make a decision for him and be ready to be flexible, try, not be afraid of mistakes, but bring started to the end. And help them make their choice, because now we are helping them with this, and then they will have to bear responsibility for the choice themselves.

We must trust our children and children trust us. We may be wrong, but we really want to understand them. It seems to me that this is the most important thing, with this it is necessary to start a dialogue with the child and real inner trust.

June 24 / 2021

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The rights of students and parents in homeschooling in 2022

Natalia Bogatyreva

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Regular schooling has an alternative — family education. Parents can pick up their child from school and teach them at home: sign up for online courses, hire tutors, or do homework together. At the same time, you can take exams at school, and a certificate based on the results of training is given the same as everyone else. In law, this is called family education. And in ordinary life, they often talk about family education. There is no difference between these concepts.

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Homeschooling is not the same as homeschooling. Children with poor health are transferred to home care. Teachers come to their homes. At the same time, homeschooled children still remain school students. And children in family education are connected with the school only by an agreement on attestations, and even those can be taken in different places. At the same time, they are not students, and the school owes them almost nothing.

Employers’ rights

• Do not explain the reasons for the transition to family education
• Go to family education in the middle of the year
• Choose the mode and training schedule
• Not to report on the organization of study
• Take out from school Personal business
• Choose a school for certification
• Attend school circles and sections for free
• Participate in olympiads and competitions
• Borrow textbooks from the school library for free
• Free to contact a school psychologist and speech therapist
• receive regional compensations
• Get a deduction for paying for training
• to work in their free time
• Return to the usual education at school
• after the nine grade, go to self -education
• to pass for free
• Credit for an assessment obtained elsewhere
• Get a state certificate
• Finish school early

If you are interested in family education or are already using this form of education, learn about your rights: where to get textbooks, how to get compensation, what about tests and who administers exams. All rights with links to laws are in the table and cards.

Do not explain the reasons for switching to family education

Reason. Federal Law on education art. 17 h. 1 p. 2, art. 44 h. 3 p. 2, art. 63 hours 5

How it works. The law allows homeschooling. This is the same legal way to get an education as attending a school, college or lyceum. There are no special conditions for the transition to family education. A child can be absolutely healthy, communicate well with peers – or vice versa. He can get along with the teachers – or not. To switch to family education, you do not need to collect certificates from the administration and psychologists. The desire not to attend school and gain knowledge on your own is enough.

In order for a child to transfer to homeschooling, the parents must notify the municipal education committee. If you live in the city, it will be the city administration, and if outside the city, it will be the district administration.

There are no strict notification requirements. It is enough to write that the parents decided to transfer the child to family education, the child’s opinion was taken into account. The reasons for the decision do not need to be stated. Most likely, the Education Committee will let you fill out a ready-made form – it is better to clarify this in advance and find out what other documents are needed.

For example, in Chelyabinsk, an application must be submitted to the city committee for education, and along with it, bring your passport and the child’s passport or his birth certificate. At the reception, you need to sign a consent to the processing of personal data.

After filing a notification with the municipality, you can go to the principal of the school and apply for a transfer to family education.

See also:

1. How I transferred my children to family education.

Switch to family education in the middle of the year

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 17 h. 1 p. 2, art. 44 hours 3 p. 2

How it works. You can switch to family education at any time. You don’t have to wait until September 1st, January 1st, or the start of the term. There are no restrictions in the law for this, which means that they should not be at the school level either. As soon as the parents have talked with the child and made a decision, you can submit a notification to the local education committee.

If the school says that this is not allowed, remind them that the decision to transfer is made by the parents, not by the school and not by the director. If you have already submitted a notice to the Education Committee, the school has no reason not to let the child go somewhere. In extreme cases, send the director an application for deduction in connection with the transition to family education by registered mail.

Choose the training mode and schedule

Base. Federal Law on education art. 44 h. 4 p. 1, art. 58 h. 4, letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08

How it works. There is no lesson schedule, daily assessments and tests at homeschooling. The family organizes learning in the way that suits them. You can enroll in an online school, hire tutors, or study on your own using textbooks that seem the most understandable and interesting. In general, you can study some subjects at school, and some at home. The law allows you to combine different forms of education.

Of course, it is impossible not to study at all. Even in family education, children need to pass certification and confirm their knowledge. Therefore, it is necessary to organize training in such a way as to pass the school curriculum.

Attestation takes place at the school or on online platforms that have entered into an agreement with schools. How often depends on the school. Specific requirements and job options can also be found there. The general requirements for the school curriculum are the same for the whole country and are established by the Federal State Educational Standard, the federal state educational standard. It is different for each level of education:

• GEF for elementary school;
• GEF for secondary school;
• GEF for high school.

How to study the program and prepare for certification in family education is the business of parents and a child. The state does not interfere in this.

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Do not report to anyone about the organization of studies

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 44 hours 4 p. 1

How it works. The state does not control how parents organize family education. A child can wake up at ten in the morning, study subjects in any order and watch online lectures. No one will punish parents for the way they acquire knowledge. And they don’t even have to follow this: schools have no such obligation. They only check the knowledge of children for certification.

Family education is a normal practice provided by law. This is not a reason to come to the family with a check from guardianship or some other authorities. But this only works if you officially switch to family education. If you just take and not take your child to school, you can get a fine and be registered with the commission on juvenile affairs. Even if in fact the child is studying, and the parents help him.

One woman did not take her daughter to school, to the second grade. The Commission on Juvenile Affairs issued a fine to her. The woman appealed the fine and said that the child was in family education. But she did not submit any notifications to the local government. The court decided that the penalty was appropriate.

The fine, of course, is symbolic – from 100 to 500 R. But still unpleasant – and another reason for increased attention from controllers. Therefore, it is important to submit a notification to the municipality: this will confirm that the child is not skipping school, but studying at home.

See also:

1. How to legally not take your child to school.
2. Can guardianship punish a family for noisy children.

Pick up a personal file from school

Foundation. Admission procedure, approved. Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 32, paragraph 20

How it works. Family education is education that a child receives outside organizations that carry out educational activities. That is what is written in the law. That is, the child leaves the school and is no longer its student. Therefore, when transferring to family education, the child is expelled. Then he will be able to attach himself to a school to pass the certification – the same or another, but this is a completely different relationship. The child will not become a student anyway.

You can pick up from school:

1. The child’s personal file with all the documents that are stored in it.
2. Documents on progress in the current year – an extract from the class journal with current grades and results of intermediate assessment.
3. Medical record.

A personal file is started immediately upon admission and gradually supplemented. While the child is in family education, his parents keep his personal file. They put there certificates of attestation, copies of orders and other acts that schools take in relation to the child. A personal file must be kept: it will be needed if you decide to go back to school, as well as to fill out a certificate. The case should be brought to school only for certification.

See also:

1. What parents of first graders can expect from a school.

Choose a school for certification

Reason. Letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08 p. 1

How it works. Children in family education need to attach to the school in order to pass the assessment and confirm their knowledge. The school may be public or private. It may not even be a school, but a university, if it teaches not only students, but also schoolchildren. The main thing is that the organization has state accreditation for general education programs: this gives the right to conduct certification. You can check the accreditation on the Rosobrnadzor website.

It is not necessary to choose a school by registration – you can live in Saratov and attach to a Moscow school. Moreover, certification in some schools can be done remotely.

Eligible schools must be reported to the education committee when parents go there to file a notice. But no one bothers to choose a school on your own.

It depends on the school how and when it will be necessary to pass certification: pass exams, tests, essays. The law does not require certification to be annual. Schools determine this for themselves, including for those who study at home. All this information should be available – they are posted on the school website.

In order to attach to the selected school, you need to submit an application to it for passing the intermediate and final certification. You can conclude an agreement with the school, but this is not necessary – it depends on the conditions of study. You can join for a year, for the entire time of studying in the school curriculum, or for only one assessment.

Attestation can be taken remotely and not go to school at all. To do this, sign an agreement with an online service that provides such a service. The platform has already concluded an agreement with the school, and parents interact only with the online service.

Remote certification is paid and costs from 3,000 R to 15,000 R per year.

See also:

1. 9 family schools in Moscow

Attend school circles and sections for free

Letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08 p. 2

How it works. In homeschooling, it is important that children communicate with their peers. Since they do not go to school, this can be done while visiting circles and sections. According to the law, this is called additional education. The Ministry of Education specifically notes that children in family education can receive additional education in schools to which they are attached for certification. Therefore, if there are free circles in the school, they can be attended by children who are attached to this school, but study at home.

Even in Russia, a system of state certificates for additional education is being introduced: parents choose where their child will go to study, and the state pays for it within the limits of the certificate. So you can go to paid classes and not spend your money on it. Children in family education have the same rights here as everyone else.

See also:

1. How to get a certificate for additional education of a child.
2. Parents’ rights at school.

Participate in olympiads and competitions

Founding. Federal Law on education art. 33 h. 1 p. 9, art. 34 h. 1 p. 22

How it works. When a child is attached to a particular school, he receives the same rights as children who go to this school to study. For example, he can participate in competitions, olympiads, exhibitions and reviews that this school organizes. Including in the school stages of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren.

Participation in olympiads and competitions is an opportunity to simplify your admission to a university. You can also win a scholarship. And in general, this allows you to test yourself in comparison with other students. The fact that a child studies at home is not a reason to restrict him in such rights. At some Olympiads, you need to get keys in order to register. You can do this through the school administration or use a special option for children in family education, if the organizers have provided for it.

Finding the right Olympiad and organizing the participation of a child in it in the case of home schooling is the task of parents. If you attach to the school in time, there should be no problems with participation.

See also:

1. What students can get for good studies.
2. 8 Olympiads that guarantee a budget place in a university.

Borrow free textbooks from the school library

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 35 h. 1, letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08 p. 3

How it works. Municipal and state schools must provide textbooks free of charge. This also applies to those children who switched to family education. They can get textbooks and teaching aids at the school they are attached to.

Moreover, this can be organized in the region in different ways: textbooks can be issued not by the school itself, but by a special library created in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a municipality. If you need textbooks, but they are not provided, contact the municipal education committee. They have to figure out how to provide them to the child.

This rule does not apply to private schools. If there is no free provision of textbooks, they will have to be bought.

See also:

1. How not to go broke on your child’s education.

Contact a school psychologist and speech therapist free of charge

Reason. Federal Law on education art. 33 h. 1 p. 9, art. 42, letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08 p. 4

How it works. Schools should have specialists who help schoolchildren solve problems with studies, families and peers: educational psychologists, social pedagogues, speech therapists. Children who are attached to the school to pass the certification can also contact them.

If there are no such specialists in the school, you can contact the centers of psychological, pedagogical, medical and social assistance. Where exactly to go for help and advice, they will tell you at the school or at the municipal education committee.

For example, a psychologist can help develop an individual study plan and build relationships with parents who have taken on the role of teachers. Moreover, a psychologist can consult not only the children themselves, but also their parents – for free.

See also:

1. Is it possible to get a deduction for visits to a psychologist?

Receive regional compensation

Reason. Letter of the Ministry of Education and Science No. NT-1139/08 p. 6, Federal Law No. 184-FZ Art. 26.3.1 s. 2 s. 24, paragraph 3.1

How it works. When parents pick up a child from school, they kind of agree to spend more time on his education. At the same time, the state saves something on such a child: you can not pay teachers for him, you can not provide a room for classes, you don’t even need to provide hot meals.

Therefore, in some regions, additional compensation payments are introduced for parents who have transferred their child to family education. There are no such compensations at the federal level. The regions themselves decide on what conditions to introduce these payments and whether to introduce them at all. You need to clarify this in the department of education when submitting a notice of the transition to family education.

For example, in Perm, compensation is paid after the child successfully passes the next examination. Success is threes, fours and fives. Of the money that the organization receives from the budget for the education of the child, it keeps 20% for itself, and gives 80% to the parents.

You can still receive payments after your child turns 18 if they are still in general education. Even if the regional act refers to children in home education. There is a court decision where it is justified.

See also:

1. Benefits for low-income families.
2. Payments and benefits for a child in 2020.
3. New conditions for benefits for children from 3 to 7 years old.
4. Payments for the first and second child in 2020.
5. Benefits and payments to large families in Moscow.

Get a tuition deduction

Reason. Tax Code of the Russian Federation Art. 219 p. 1 subp. 2

How it works. On the one hand, family education allows you to save on school expenses: at least you don’t need to buy a uniform and don’t have to donate anything for the needs of the class. On the other hand, parents often spend money on paying for online lessons and online schools. Passing intermediate certifications in schools can also be paid. Parents can attach their child to a local school and not pay for certifications, or they can choose a convenient school and take everything remotely. These will be paid educational services.

In this case, parents can save money by using a tax deduction. You can return a maximum of 6,500 R per year – if you pay 50,000 R for tuition. This amount is for two parents at once. That is, for each child, mom and dad together can return a maximum of 6500 R of the paid personal income tax. If less is actually spent on education, then the deduction will be less.

The deduction cannot be received if the parents work as individual entrepreneurs in a special regime, self-employed or unofficially. And also – if they paid for the education with the mother’s capital: this is possible, but the deduction is not allowed in this case.

See also:

1. How to claim your tuition tax credit.
2. How to get a deduction and return personal income tax for the education of a brother or sister.
3. How much money can be returned for a child’s education at a university.

Work in your spare time

Establishment. Labor Code of the Russian Federation Art. 63

How it works. You can be in family school and work at the same time at any age, but you must follow the restrictions:

1. Work should not interfere with studies.
2. Do not carry out heavy or dangerous work.
3. Parental and guardian consent may be required.
4. You can’t work all day.

How can you work in family education

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Work must be paid, full-time work cannot be paid less than the minimum wage. If children work 4 hours a day, they must receive at least ½ minimum wage. In 2022, this is 6945 R, since the minimum wage is 13,890 R.

See also:

1. Children’s rights.
2. Who pays taxes on the earnings of minors.
3. How a teenager can earn extra money on vacation.
4. How to raise a millionaire.
5. Do your children know how to manage money properly
6. How to give money to children.

Return to regular schooling

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 17 h. 4, Art. 44 h. 3 p. 2, art. 63 hours 4

How it works. At any time, parents and their child can change their mind and return to school. You can start attending scheduled classes even from the middle of the school year.

The opinion of the child must be taken into account. Perhaps he did not like family education and he misses the class and teachers. Or, on the contrary, does not want to go to school for anything. The law obliges parents to take this into account.

You will have to return to school if the child has not passed the intermediate or final assessment and has not paid off debts on time. In such cases, children must be educated in an educational organization: this is required by law. Even if the parents are against it, it will no longer be possible to resist. Either you pick up the child and he masters the school curriculum, or return him to school so that the state takes care of education. Information on the procedure and terms for attestation and repayment of debts should be posted on the school website.

See also: How to teach your child to get to school safely

Start self-education after the ninth grade

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 63 hours 2

How it works. The Law on Education distinguishes two forms: family education and self-education. In the first case, the family helps the child with the lessons, in the second, he does everything himself. You can switch to family education in any grade, to self-education – only in the 10th and 11th.

In general, self-education practically does not differ from family education: the child studies at home, and comes to school only to pass tests and exams. But there are two important differences:

1. The decision to switch to self-education is made by the child himself. Parents determine the form of education only until the child passes the OGE.
2. It is not necessary to notify the local government about the transition to this form of education. That is, it is enough to apply to an educational organization.

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Pass exams for free

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 17 h. 3, art. 34 h. 3, order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1015 p. 20

How it works. The state checks the knowledge that children receive in family education and self-education. To do this, you need to pass intermediate and final certifications in organizations with state accreditation. Since this is a state requirement, such exams can be taken free of charge.

Here’s what you need:

1. Join an accredited educational organization.
2. Agree with her on how and in what terms the certification will take place.
3. Successfully pass the midterm assessment – according to the schedule agreed with the school.
4. Come to the final certification. In the 9th grade – write the OGE, and in the 11th – the Unified State Examination.

Schools cannot charge money for assessment. If your school refuses to work for free with children who have switched to family education, contact the Department of Education for clarification. Either the school changes its mind, or you will be offered another one.

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• How to submit an appeal on the USE

Clean certification, which was received in another place

The foundation. Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 845/369

How it works. Intermediate certification can be taken at different locations. For example, if a child goes to a sports school, a language center, or programming courses, he can receive documents confirming certification in physical education, Chinese language and computer science there. And again, at the school to which the child is attached, you will not need to take these items.

In order to credit the certification passed in another place, you need to submit an application and show a document on training – a certificate or something else. If the child is under 18 years old, one of the parents submits the application.

The school decides how to evaluate results. But if it decides not to count the results from another organization as an interim assessment, the school must report this in writing and explain the reasons within three days. All tests must be free of charge for the student and his parents.

If the school denies you credit for midterm assessments, ask for an explanation of the denial in writing. Then check with the education committee what the reason is and how to overcome it. But this, most likely, will not be needed, because the procedure for offsetting subjects by different organizations is established by law. Sometimes it is easier for a school to refuse than to do something unusual. But this does not mean that she is right and the child should run cross-country at the school stadium.

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Get a state certificate

Foundation. Federal Law on education art. 60

How it works. After studying the school curriculum, you can pass the final assessment and receive a state certificate. This is an official document on education – it is no different from those that are issued when attending a school. The form of study is not indicated in the certificate. With such a document, you can enter a college, technical school, university or get a job.

After the 9th grade, a certificate of basic general education is issued, and after the 11th grade, a certificate of secondary general education is issued. Both certificates must be issued free of charge.

The certificate is issued by the school to which you are attached. It indicates grades in basic school subjects. They are put on the basis of the results of intermediate certifications that were passed earlier. If they were taken in different organizations, the results will need to be confirmed with certificates. For example, you can pass an intermediate certification at an online school, and then attach yourself to the nearest school to pass the exam. From certificates of intermediate certification, the data will be transferred to the certificate.

See also:

2. How much does it cost to enter Moscow State University on a budget.

Finish school early

Founding. Federal Law on education art. 34 h. 1 p. 3

How it works. Children in family education take exams externally. This is not a separate form of training, but a way to pass certification. You can choose a convenient pace and take exams in parallel with the whole school. But if you wish, you can pass certification in one year for several years at once, if the program has been studied. If you finish school earlier, you will be able to enter a university or get a job you love earlier.

There are no restrictions on the speed of the program. That is, in a year you can pass exams in one year, and in two, and in three. The main thing is that the child is satisfied with this pace, and teachers with the knowledge gained.

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5. How much does it cost to become a sommelier.
6. How to get a free higher education in Turkey.
7. Student rights.
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All about the laws of homeschooling in Russia

A few years ago, teaching a child at home was possible only if he had a confirmed disability. Now parents can transfer their children to home schooling simply at will. The acquisition of knowledge outside the walls of educational institutions is regulated by the law of the Russian Federation No. 273-FZ. A homeschooled child has the right to take exams after 9and 11 grades. This allows him, like all other children, to enter secondary special and higher educational institutions on an equal footing.

Law on home education

All rights of students, obligations of parents and educational institutions are described in federal law N 273-FZ, which entered into force on 12/29/2012. When transferring to self-study, you need to know several articles of the law, these are:

• Article 17. It describes the forms of education. According to this article, knowledge can be obtained in the form of self-education or family education. Combined acquisition of knowledge is allowed, that is, some subjects can be taken at school, while others can be mastered at home. The student’s knowledge is assessed in an educational institution by conducting intermediate and final attestations;
• Article 44. Regulates the rights of parents to take responsibility for the education of their children. After receiving a document on secondary education, the student can already choose the form of education;
• Article 63. Describes the features of obtaining general education.

The Education Act does not set age limits for home schooling. However, parents, if they wish to transfer their child to an alternative option for mastering the school curriculum, need to carefully study this law of the Russian Federation. This will help to understand what they are obliged to give to their child and what assistance the state can provide.

Home education options

Out-of-school education can be chosen based on the child’s health, family background and religious beliefs.

Three forms of home education are recognized in Russia:

• home education;
• family;
• remote.

Each of the options has its own characteristics. Choosing from them, parents should be guided by the interests of the child and his capabilities. It must be remembered that learning at home has not only a number of advantages. He also has certain shortcomings that can adversely affect the student’s future life.

The first week of classes is free!

Start studying, and at the end of the trial period, pay for the chosen format!

Features of the home-based option (in case of health problems)

The law on education of the Russian Federation provides for home-based education for those who have a disability. Home education allows you to get a certificate of secondary or general education. Students with disabilities can study either according to the general school curriculum or according to individual plans drawn up taking into account their abilities. Lessons at home can be shortened to 20-25 minutes or extended to 2 hours. Upon completion of the school curriculum, a certificate of basic or secondary general education is issued. You can read more about organizing homeschooling for children in a letter from the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Steps for registering a child for home schooling

Transferring a child to home schooling is actually not that difficult. However, the process will be simplified if parents know in advance which institutions to contact.

To transfer a child to home schooling, you must do the following:

• Obtain a medical certificate from the district pediatrician stating that the child needs home schooling for health reasons. The pediatrician only issues such a certificate, and the decision is made by the ITU commission.
• Write an application to the director of the educational institution where the child is studying. If the decision on home education is made before entering the first grade, then the application is written to the head of the city’s Department of Education.
• If it is necessary to draw up an individual program, parents or legal representatives, together with the head teacher or principal of the school, select an individual curriculum. It indicates the subjects necessary for the study and their number per week.
• On the basis of a medical certificate and an application, an order is drawn up. It indicates the teachers who will teach the child at home, and the frequency of knowledge testing throughout the year.
• Parents receive a magazine. In it, teachers should note the materials covered and the number of hours allocated, as well as the student’s progress. At the end of the academic year, the journal is handed over to an educational institution.

The list of pathologies that give the right to home education is approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Education of children at home should be carried out by the school closest to the place of residence of the family.

An educational institution is obliged:

• to provide schoolchildren with free textbooks and reference books. We are talking about the literature that is in the school library;
• to provide consulting assistance, helping to learn general education subjects;
• conduct attestations – intermediate and final;
• after the final certification, issue a document on obtaining the appropriate education.

Parents have the right to invite teachers from other schools who can also take part in testing the student’s knowledge.

Peculiarities of family education

Not only disabled students can study at home. The Law on Education provides for the opportunity to acquire knowledge independently even if there are no serious health problems. Then there is the issue of family education. Parents can teach the child themselves or invite tutors or teachers, the student comes to school only for intermediate and final certification.

Children are transferred to home self-education for several reasons, the main ones are as follows:

• Frequent absences from school due to professional sports, music. Very often, enthusiastic children, due to classes in sports schools, sections, because of competitions and competitions, cannot go to a regular school every day. Home schooling allows them to acquire the necessary knowledge base and receive the appropriate certificate of completion of the 9th or 11th grade.
• High level of mental abilities. General school programs are designed for children with average knowledge, so peers who are ahead of their classmates in development are not interested in regular lessons. This negatively affects the learning process;
• The nature of the work of parents, involving constant travel. Frequent transfers from one school to another have a negative impact not only on academic performance, but also on the mental health of students. Self-education helps to avoid this;
• Religion or ideological reasons that prevent children from being sent to school.

Transferring a healthy child to home schooling, you must first take into account his desire. Many children endure separation from the team very painfully.

First grade enrollment

Each parent can officially enroll their child in first grade every year. In recent years, there have been innovations that sometimes baffle parents. It happens that the school refuses.

Homeschooling Steps

Homeschooling requires the following:

• Submit an application form to the Department of Education. The Department of Education provides parents with a list of schools where the child can attach for the final exams;
• The school must issue an order for the transfer of the child to the family form of education;
• Parents need to conclude an agreement with an educational institution. This agreement reflects all the duties and rights of both the parents themselves and the student, as well as the school. The document indicates the number of intermediate certifications and their timing, the need to attend practical and laboratory lessons.

School teachers are not required to come to your home for home schooling. Parents either provide knowledge themselves, or invite tutors, or look for alternative options. The terms of the final and intermediate exams for a student at home may coincide with the certification of classmates. However, many people find it more convenient to choose an individual plan for assessing knowledge.

When homeschooling in Russia, the law provides:

• the possibility of transferring a child both from school to homeschooling and back in any class;
• providing a student with textbooks, advisory assistance to teachers.

The Law on Education states that parents, at the discretion of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation where the family lives, can receive the money that the state spends on the education of each student as compensation. Specific figures may vary, and in some areas such subsidies are not provided at all, so the amount of money must be specified at the place of residence.

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Distance education

Getting school knowledge via the Internet is suitable for those children who can independently control the learning process. Contact with teachers occurs through telecommunication systems or face-to-face. There is practically no unified plan for remote acquisition of knowledge, technical means and special methodological literature. But private institutions are gradually emerging that are ready to work with schoolchildren remotely.

Advantages and disadvantages of home schooling

There are advantages and disadvantages to teaching a child outside the walls of a traditional school.

The main advantages of getting school knowledge at home:

• More comfortable organization of the process: the ability to study at any convenient time and from anywhere, according to your own schedule.
• The ability to obtain knowledge from a variety of sources: textbooks, electronic literature, encyclopedias, video tutorials.
• The ability to teach a child in subjects that interest him to the extent that he needs.
• More free time for hobbies: music, sports, scientific circles, learning foreign languages, etc.
• Higher efficiency of mastering the topic: classmates do not distract, time is not wasted on solving disciplinary issues.
• Lack of stress from being in a children’s team. Not all children, by their nature, adapt well in schools, which negatively affects mental health and general well-being.