The application period for prospective first-year students to primary schools has begun

Once again, parents have until the 20th of February to choose the most suitable application order for their child and submit the forms to the first-choice institutions. The schools run by the Debrecen School District Centre are expecting around 1,300 applications from prospective first-year pupils.

There are currently 440 children attending the Szoboszlói Úti Primary School, 60 of whom are first-year students.. The school is popular for its advanced English language and its introduction to digital culture education. “We have three basic pillars: content, quality and openness. And we implement this with a very innovative teaching staff. We are a child-friendly, family-friendly, future-friendly school. We try to prepare children for the requirements of the 21st century,” the Principal of Szoboszlói úti Primary School Orsolya Kammererné Nyéki underlined.

Children of compulsory school age can apply to primary schools until the 20th of February. There are currently 1,360 first-graders in the 30 institutions run by the Debrecen School District Centre. It is expected that the same number of pupils will be admitted in September.

“This is a very important decision in a family’s life, because it is not just a choice of school, but of community. It is a community that will last a lifetime, as your child will be attending the same institution for eight years,” Director of the Debrecen School District Centre, László Türk emphasised. Approximately 2100 students are enrolled in Debrecen every year. The trend so far shows that one third of them choose a church school and two thirds a school maintained by the school district.

“24 institutions are waiting for students and young people in Debrecen. 19 district, two city and 3 institutions that also deal with students with special educational needs, are waiting for applications. I am very confident that the number of applications expected by the school district will be met,” Mayor László Papp said. Parents can find the school application forms on the websites of the educational institutions and they must be submitted by the 20th of February to the school where the first application is made by the prospective first-year student. The enrolment will take place on between the 10th and the 11th of April.

Source and photo credit:debrecen.hu