Supreme Court Rules School Cannot Expel Student After 9th Grade
The Russian Supreme Court ruled that a school's refusal to allow a student to continue education in the 10th grade after completing the 9th grade was unlawful, stating that finishing basic general education does not terminate the right to further schooling.
Consensus
- The Russian Supreme Court ruled that a school cannot refuse a student continuation of education in the 10th grade after finishing the 9th grade.
- The school's decision to terminate educational relations was based on the student having completed the basic general education program.
- The student's mother, Valentina Berseneva from Sverdlovsk Oblast, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court.
- Three lower courts previously rejected the claim.
- The Supreme Court overturned the lower courts' decisions and declared the school's dismissal order invalid.
- The court emphasized that completing basic general education does not mean the end of the right to education, and students must be allowed to continue to the 10th grade.
- The procedure for individual selection into profile classes must not deprive children of their constitutional right to education.
Points of divergence
- The Russian government has been actively encouraging students to enter colleges after the 9th grade instead of continuing in school, which makes it harder to enter a university later and removes military deferment eligibility. — meduza
Coverage (3 sources)
- School refused student further education after ninth grade. Supreme Court ruled this illegal — Meduza
- Armed Forces of the Russian Federation clarified the illegality of expelling a schoolchild after the 9th grade — Вести
- The Armed Forces decided that a school cannot refuse a student to continue studies in the 10th grade — Интерфакс