Tashkent, April 16 -- The new draft law on regulations of transferring students between classes and schools has been posted for discussion. According to this draft, parents must submit an application to the school director during the academic year, explaining the reasons for taking a child to a foreign country and indicating the duration of the stay abroad.

The school director then will review the application within one working day. Following this, an order will be issued to inform the class head and subject teachers about the student's temporary departure to a foreign country.

In the following situations, the school director will notify the parents of students in writing if their child has temporarily gone to a foreign country and has ...