Compulsory Education Act · s 3

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s 3Compulsory education

(1)

A child of compulsory school age who is —

(a)

born on or after 1st January 2002;

(b)

a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; and

(c)

residing in Brunei Darussalam, shall attend regularly as a pupil at a Government school.

(2)

Where a child of compulsory school age fails to attend regularly as a pupil at a Government school as required by subsection (1), each parent of that child is guilty of an offence.

(3)

This section does not apply to —

(a)

a child of compulsory school age for whom a parent presents within a reasonable time a reason to the satisfaction of the

Permanent Secretary for the absence of that child from a Government school;

(b)

a child of compulsory school age who is exempted under section 4; and

(c)

a child who is attending regularly as a pupil at a private educational institution registered under section 65(1) of the

Education Act (Chapter 210).