The procedure for admitting children to the 1st grade: 10 answers to 10 important questions
It is natural that parents whose children have reached the age of first grade are thinking about a number of questions these days. In particular, what documents are needed to send a child to school? Is there an interview, test, exam or similar tests with the child during admission to the 1st grade?
1. Is the admission of children to the 1st grade only online?
No, children can be admitted to public schools in 1st grade in 2 different ways:
– registration by schools;
- by applying online.
Admission is free in both cases.
Areas where online documents for 1st grade are accepted must be approved and announced by the Ministry of Preschool and School Education every year by May 1. The regions of this category mainly include cities.
In other regions, children are admitted to the 1st grade on the basis of registration by schools.
2. At what age is a child admitted to the 1st grade?
Children are admitted to the 1st grade in the year when they turn 7 years old.
3. How to submit an online document?
Documents from June 20 to July 31 Unified interactive public services bring them and the Ministry of Preschool and School Education bring them accepted through
When applying, the child's language of instruction is chosen. If the chosen school does not have a class in the language the child wants to study, the child will be assigned to another school located in a closer area.
4. What if the online application is rejected…?
The application will be considered in 3 days. If incorrect information is entered in the application (e.g. place of residence, age of the child), the application will be rejected. When the application is rejected, the deficiencies in it are indicated and the applicant is notified. The applicant resubmits the application after removing these deficiencies.
5. What to do after the application is accepted?
After receiving the online application, an electronic queue will be issued to take the child to school through electronic portals.
Parents or other responsible persons will go to school with the child during the period specified in the electronic queue, and a medical certificate about the child's health should also be taken.
An admission committee consisting of 1 people will be formed for admission to the 5st grade in the school and they will formalize the work related to the admission of the child to the 1st grade.
6. What is the admission process in areas that do not apply online?
In areas that do not apply online, each child is registered by the school.
Their documents are delivered to the school by parents or their substitutes.
The following documents are required:
application to the director;
medical certificate about the child's health;
3,5 color photos of the child, 4,5 x 4 cm in size.
7. Will there be an exam for admission to the 1st grade?
As a general rule, children are admitted to the 1st grade without selection, regardless of their level of preparation.
There are some exceptions, for example, a child's ability is tested for admission to schools specializing in music and art.
8. Is there an interview for languages where studies are conducted in another language?
Yes, in schools where education is in another language (Russian, English), during the conversation with the child, it is learned that the child has basic communication skills in the chosen language.
If the child does not have basic conversational skills in the chosen language, the admissions committee will take measures to place the child in a class or another school suitable for conversational skills.
The questionnaire on learning the child's skills in another language must be published on the official website of the Ministry of Preschool and School Education and must be hung in the school building by June 20 of each year.
9. Can a child be refused school admission?
Yes, it is possible, the admission committee can refuse to admit children to the school in the following cases:
if the medical certificate does not recommend studying at school;
if the child does not have basic conversational skills in the chosen language;
if the given information is found to be incorrect.
In other cases, it is not allowed to refuse admission of children to school.
You can re-submit the application after the deficiencies are eliminated.
10. Is it possible to place a child in a school other than the school to which he is attached?
Yes, you can. Depending on the capacity of the schools, additional children from outside the micro-region may be accepted.
Additional children from outside the micro-region are not allowed to be accepted in schools with a large number of students receiving education in comparison to the replacement of students.
Children from outside the micro-region are admitted to the 1st grade every year from August 1 to 15.
Parents or other responsible persons select the schools with vacancies in the above term and send an application through the my.gov.uz or my.maktab.uz portals.
The application will be reviewed in 1 day and a decision will be made to accept or reject the child.
When a child is admitted to a school, parents or other responsible persons take the child's health certificate from the previous school and hand it over to the new school.
If the child is refused admission to the school, he will be directed to the school in the area to which he is assigned.
In areas that do not apply online, applying to a school in another micro-area is done by parents or other guardians visiting the school in person.
