What consequences may occur if you receive a bad grade in one or more subjects? What rights do students with academic debt and their parents have? How to correct the situation, what can be demanded from the administration?
If a student receives one or more bad grades in a year based on the results, it means he has accumulated academic debt, which he is obliged to eliminate.
Until the debt is eliminated, the school administration must conditionally transfer the student to the next grade. The school is also obliged to provide conditions for grade correction. The student must be given the opportunity to correct a grade twice.
To do this, the school administration sets a deadline for recertification. The first time the subject is handed over to the teacher, the second time a commission is created. Most often, the retake takes place at the beginning of the next school year, but at the discretion of the teacher and the school, it can be scheduled for the summer. Retake deadlines can be determined in the relevant regulations on the school website.
If a student fails to correct his grade after two attempts, parents have the right to choose one of several options:
- Stay for a second year;
- Go to training according to adapted programs, for example, to a correctional school in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission, or go to evening school;
- Switch to an individual form of education (that is, remain on an individual form of education at your school, if it provides such an opportunity, or move to another school that has the appropriate provision).
A student with academic debt has the right:
- pass the midterm assessment twice (try to correct the grade) within the time limits set by the school within one year;
- in case of illness, ask to postpone the due date of academic debt;
- if there are doubts about the objectivity of grading, demand the inclusion of teachers from another school in the commission that conducts the intermediate certification.
If necessary, the student’s parents can initiate a retake themselves by sending a corresponding application with a request to ensure the possibility of passing the intermediate certification addressed to the director.
The school administration does not have the right to insist on expelling a student from school due to poor performance. The school also does not have the right to raise the issue of repeating a student until the student has been given two attempts to correct the grade in each subject.
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Getting a bad grade in a year has especially serious consequences for students in the final grades - 4th, 9th and 11th grades.
Students in grades 9 and 11 who have academic debt cannot be allowed to take the Unified State Exam and the Unified State Exam.
There is a special clause in the Education Law that
“Students who have not mastered the basic educational program of primary general and (or) basic general education are not allowed to study at the next levels of general education.”
Accordingly, students in grades 4 and 9 cannot be conditionally promoted to the next grade. And if they receive a bad grade for the year, they usually have only one option - to stay for the second year even before they were able to exercise the right to correct their grades.
Quote from the Law:
1. Mastering the educational program (except for the educational program of preschool education), including a separate part or the entire volume of an academic subject, course, discipline (module) of the educational program, is accompanied by intermediate certification of students, carried out in the forms determined by the curriculum, and in the manner established by the educational organization.
2. Unsatisfactory results of the intermediate certification in one or more academic subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) of the educational program or failure to pass the intermediate certification in the absence of valid reasons are recognized as academic debt.
3. Students are required to eliminate academic debt.
4. Educational organizations, parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, providing students with general education in the form of family education, are obliged to create conditions for the student to eliminate academic debt and ensure control over the timeliness of its elimination.
5. Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt. This period does not include the student’s illness, academic leave or maternity leave.
6. To conduct intermediate certification for the second time, the educational organization creates a commission.
7. It is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification.
8. Students who have not passed the intermediate certification for valid reasons or who have academic debt are conditionally transferred to the next grade or to the next course.
9. Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt within the established time frame from the moment of its formation, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs programs in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.
10. Students in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education in the form of family education, who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame, continue to receive education in an educational organization.
11. Students in basic professional educational programs who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame are expelled from this organization as having failed to fulfill their obligations to conscientiously master the educational program and implement the curriculum.
Article 58. Interim certification of students
1. Mastering the educational program (except for the educational program of preschool education), including a separate part or the entire volume of an academic subject, course, discipline (module) of the educational program, is accompanied by intermediate certification of students, carried out in the forms determined by the curriculum, and in the manner established by the educational organization.
2. Unsatisfactory results of the intermediate certification in one or more academic subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) of the educational program or failure to pass the intermediate certification in the absence of valid reasons are recognized as academic debt.
3. Students are required to eliminate academic debt.
4. Educational organizations, parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, providing students with general education in the form of family education, are obliged to create conditions for the student to eliminate academic debt and ensure control over the timeliness of its elimination.
5. Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt. This period does not include the student’s illness, academic leave or maternity leave.
6. To conduct intermediate certification for the second time, the educational organization creates a commission.
7. It is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification.
8. Students who have not passed the intermediate certification for good reasons or who have academic debt are conditionally transferred to the next grade or to the next course.
9. Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt from the moment of its formation within the established time frame, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs programs in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.
10. Students in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education in the form of family education, who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame, continue to receive education in an educational organization.
11. Students in basic professional educational programs who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame are expelled from this organization as having failed to fulfill their obligations to conscientiously master the educational program and implement the curriculum.
1. Mastering the educational program (except for the educational program of preschool education), including a separate part or the entire volume of an academic subject, course, discipline (module) of the educational program, is accompanied by intermediate certification of students, carried out in the forms determined by the curriculum, and in the manner established by the educational organization.
2. Unsatisfactory results of the intermediate certification in one or more academic subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) of the educational program or failure to pass the intermediate certification in the absence of valid reasons are recognized as academic debt.
3. Students are required to eliminate academic debt.
4. Educational organizations, parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, providing students with general education in the form of family education, are obliged to create conditions for the student to eliminate academic debt and ensure control over the timeliness of its elimination.
5. Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt. This period does not include the student’s illness, academic leave or maternity leave.
6. To conduct intermediate certification for the second time, the educational organization creates a commission.
7. It is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification.
8. Students who have not passed the intermediate certification for good reasons or who have academic debt are conditionally transferred to the next grade or to the next course.
9. Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt from the moment of its formation within the established time frame, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs programs in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.
10. Students in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education in the form of family education, who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame, continue to receive education in an educational organization.
11. Students in basic professional educational programs who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame are expelled from this organization as having failed to fulfill their obligations to conscientiously master the educational program and implement the curriculum.
1. Mastering the educational program (except for the educational program of preschool education), including a separate part or the entire volume of an academic subject, course, discipline (module) of the educational program, is accompanied by intermediate certification of students, carried out in the forms determined by the curriculum, and in the manner established by the educational organization.
2. Unsatisfactory results of the intermediate certification in one or more academic subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) of the educational program or failure to pass the intermediate certification in the absence of valid reasons are recognized as academic debt.
3. Students are required to eliminate academic debt.
4. Educational organizations, parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, providing students with general education in the form of family education, are obliged to create conditions for the student to eliminate academic debt and ensure control over the timeliness of its elimination.
5. Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt. This period does not include the student’s illness, academic leave or maternity leave.
6. To conduct intermediate certification for the second time, the educational organization creates a commission.
7. It is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification.
9. Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt within the established time frame from the moment of its formation, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs programs in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.
10. Students in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education in the form of family education, who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame, continue to receive education in an educational organization.
11. Students in basic professional educational programs who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame are expelled from this organization as having failed to fulfill their obligations to conscientiously master the educational program and implement the curriculum.
1. Mastering the educational program (except for the educational program of preschool education), including a separate part or the entire volume of an academic subject, course, discipline (module) of the educational program, is accompanied by intermediate certification of students, carried out in the forms determined by the curriculum, and in the manner established by the educational organization.
2. Unsatisfactory results of the intermediate certification in one or more academic subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) of the educational program or failure to pass the intermediate certification in the absence of valid reasons are recognized as academic debt.
3. Students are required to eliminate academic debt.
4. Educational organizations, parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, providing students with general education in the form of family education, are obliged to create conditions for the student to eliminate academic debt and ensure control over the timeliness of its elimination.
5. Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt. This period does not include the student’s illness, academic leave or maternity leave.
6. To conduct intermediate certification for the second time, the educational organization creates a commission.
7. It is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification.
8. Students who have not passed the intermediate certification for good reasons or who have academic debt are conditionally transferred to the next grade or to the next course.
9. Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt from the moment of its formation within the established time frame, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs programs in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.
10. Students in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education in the form of family education, who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame, continue to receive education in an educational organization.
11. Students in basic professional educational programs who have not eliminated their academic debt within the established time frame are expelled from this organization as having failed to fulfill their obligations to conscientiously master the educational program and implement the curriculum.
