The Ministry of Education informs about enrollments in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools

For the above students the following the registration/transfer process below:

• January 16-18, 2023: Parents/guardians place in a sealed envelope, all the necessary forms/certificates/documents for the enrollment of their child in the school of their educational district and the application for transfer (if they wish to transfer). Then, they drop the closed envelope into a special box that will be placed in the school area.
• In the same area, there will also be the necessary forms for registration (DDE 11 form) and for transfer (form DDE 33) for parents/guardians who do not have access to the internet. 

• Parents/guardians come to the specific area having filled out, in advance, all the necessary forms just to drop the envelope in the box and leave.

• January 16-18, 2023: The school is reviewing all enrollment/transfer applications and contacting all parents/guardians by phone:
  • to confirm the registration of the child,
  • to secure any information/data not provided/provided and
  • to inform parents/guardians that their application for transfer will be forwarded to the relevant E.G.P. and as soon as the school has any information it will inform them about it.

• Until January 20, 2023: Any information/certificates that were not submitted with the application for registration/transfer are provided to the school.

2.3 Students who wish to attend the occupied Kormakitis Primary School or the occupied Kormakitis Kindergarten

The Y.P.A.N. intends to operate a Primary School and Kindergarten in Kormakitis from the next school year 2023-2024, provided that there is interest and registration of the required number of students.

For this purpose, those who wish to have their children attend Kormakiti Primary School or Kindergarten should first fill out the necessary forms for registering their child at the school in their educational district or for registering at the school their child is already attending , based on the aforementioned instructions.

Then, for children of compulsory age, they should fill in the DDE 33 form “Application for Transfer to a Primary School or Kindergarten (Compulsory Pre-Primary Education and Pre-Primary Class) of another region » and deliver it to the Primary School or Kindergarten of Agios Maronas, respectively, during the period 16-18 January 2023.

In the same period, an application for registration at the Kormakiti Kindergarten can also be submitted for children under the age of 3 – 48/12 years, i.e. for all children born between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020. The application is submitted on the DDE 30 form “Application for enrollment in a Public/Public and Community Kindergarten for children aged 3 – 48/12 years old”. The form is placed, together with the necessary documents/certificates, in a closed envelope and dropped in the special box at the Agios Maronas Kindergarten.

3. REGISTERING RIGHT

• All children, of any nationality, residing in Cyprus, regardless of whether their parents/guardians are legally present on the island or not, have the right to register.

• Eligible for registration in Compulsory Pre-Primary Education are children born from September 1, 2018 until December 31, 2018.
• Eligible for enrollment in Pre-Primary class is the children born from September 1, 2017 until August 31, 2018.
• Children born from September 1, 2016  until August 31, 2017.
• Children born from January 1, 2019 until August 31, 2020 can also submit applications for enrollment in Public Kindergartens.< /li>

4. EDUCATION DISTRICTS

• The revised education districts,for the school year 2023-2024 have been posted on the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture:

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• Registration of all new students takes place at the Kindergarten or Primary School of their educational district, even if a parent/guardian intends to request a transfer.  
• Applications for transferare submitted by the students' parents/guardians to the school in their educational district, during the enrollment period.
• In the case of students who have older siblings in Primary School, who attend grades Α΄-Ε΄, in the current school year, and are interested in enrolling (a) in the Kindergarten neighboring the specific Primary School or (b) in the specific Primary School, the enrollment in case it is not the educational the region, without requiring the transfer process.

• For the children of Compulsory Pre-Primary Education, who secured transfer for the current school year, re-registration is not required, to enroll in Pre-Primary Class.

5. REQUIRED FORMS/CERTIFICATES/DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

The documents below should be submitted during registration/transfer process:

• DDE Form 11

• Form title:“Application for enrollment in a Primary School or Kindergarten (Compulsory Pre-Primary Education and Pre-Primary Class)”
• Submitted by all parents/guardians who enroll their child in the particular school for the first time. 
• It can be obtained from the school or from the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture: http://www.moec.gov.cy/dde/entipa. html. 
• Birth Certificate/Passport
• Submitted by all parents/guardians registering their child at that particular school for the first time. 

• For students born in Cyprus, an official Birth Certificate is required.
• For students who were born outside of Cyprus, an official Birth Certificate from the Competent Authority of the country in which they were born is required. Passport is accepted as an official certificate. 
• Photocopies of the above documents are accepted, only if certified by a competent official.
• Bills proving residential street
• All parents/guardians who will register their child at that school for the first time, they should provide two recent bills, dog and electricity, proving that the street of the student's residence is the one declared and falls within the school's educational district. It is noted that those who live in the Municipality of Aglantzia, due to the fact that they do not have a dog bill, should provide in addition to the electricity bill and the real estate bill.
• In cases where the residence of the student is rented and it is not possible to provide a dog bill, it should be provided, in addition to the electricity bill and the rental document.
• In cases where, due to a recent move, there is no  dog bill, building permit and recent electricity bill should be provided.
• Please note that for parents/guardians living in the same household as the grandparent or other relatives, and therefore do not have the two accounts in their own name, which are required to certify the address of residence, they should provide:

a) accounts showing the name of the relative they live with and

b) a responsible declaration stating the name of the relative they live with and since when they have been living with the particular person.

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The declaration should be signed by both the student's parents/guardians and the relative with whom they live. Finally, the signed declaration should be certified by the concerned Mayor/Certificate Officer.

• Vaccination Status

• When enrolling a child in a Public Primary School for the first time (children in first grade and any other grade coming from private schools or schools abroad), parents should provide a copy of the Immunization Card or the relevant page of the Health Booklet, where the child's vaccination status will be shown and his name will be written.

< li>A copy of the Immunization Card or the relevant page of the Health Booklet should be presented regardless of whether the vaccinations have been done or not, that is, even if the relevant Card/page should be presented blank.

• Although it is preferable to present the child's Immunization Card, and the presentation of a relevant certificate from the child's Pediatrician can be accepted.
• Certificate of Attendance
• By the registration of students in the 1st grade of Primary School, it is necessary to present “Certificate of attendance” at a Public/Community/Private Kindergarten.
• For this reason, the Directors of Public Kindergartens should issue, before the start of January registrations, the relevant certificate (form DDE 29).
• Parents/guardians of students who attend Community or Private Kindergartens should obtain this certificate from the Directorate of the School where their child attends.
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• In the event that it is established that a child is not attending an approved Kindergarten, they should:

(a) parents/guardians immediately arrange to enroll their child in another Kindergarten, which is approved from Y.P.A.N. and

(b) to temporarily enroll the student in Grade 1, until the parents/guardians present a certificate of enrollment of their child in an approved Kindergarten.

• The lists of approved Community/Private Kindergartens are posted on the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture:

http://www.moec.gov.cy/dde/katalogoi_sxoleion.html.

• It is noted that, during start of attendance in the 1st grade of Primary Schools, in September 2023, it will be necessary to present an official indicative attendance in the Pre-Primary grade from a Public/Community/approved Private Kindergarten.
• DDE Form 33< /b>
• Form Title:“Application for Transfer to a Primary School or Kindergarten (Compulsory Pre-Primary Education and Pre-Primary Class) of Another Area”
• This form is filled out only by the parents/guardians who wish their child enroll in a school other than that of their school district.
• No application for transfer will be considered unless it has first been the child's enrollment in the school of his educational district.
• It can be obtained from the school or from the website of the Ministry of Health: http://www.moec.gov.cy/dde/entipa.html.