Thousands of primary school students across Poland received at the end of the school year a certificate containing an mistake that could block their recruitment to advanced schools. The problem concerns papers printed on an already non-compulsory model, containing a symbol of the non-existent Ministry of Education and discipline (MEiN) alternatively of the current Ministry of National Education (MEN). Education Minister Barbara Nowacka confirmed the scale of the problem and announced urgent actions. Schools only have time to issue valid certificates until the end of next week.
This situation affects about 6 000 students in respective schools in the country. The request to return to primary schools for fresh papers complicates the application process for students who have already started their vacation. The Ministry of National Education has issued clear guidelines for primary and secondary schools to resolve this problem as shortly as possible and let efficient recruitment.
Why are the testimonies wrong? Problem with printing and regulations
The origin of the confusion is the usage by any schools expired certificate blanks. In accordance with the current Regulation of the Minister of Education and discipline of 7 June 2023 on certificates, state diplomas and another printings, the model certificates of completion of primary school should bear symbols from MEiN-I/8/1 to MEiN-I/12-SZ/1.
Although the symbols inactive contain the abbreviation ‘MEiN’, the regulation entered into force before the division of the ministry. Keyly, the certificate as a 3rd category public paper must contain Manufacturer's name symbol, year of production and individual blank markingand be protected from counterfeiting. Mistaken certificates most likely neglect to meet all these requirements, making them incompatible with the rules and possibly unacceptable in the recruitment process.
Who's the problem? Thousands of students and respective schools
According to the data provided by the Ministry of National Education, the problem of misissued certificates concerns about 6 000 students throughout Poland. respective primary schools were identified, which released papers on incorrect blanks.
For these thousands of eighth graders, this means a necessity Return to schools, frequently already during the vacation to receive an improved certificate. The deficiency of a appropriate paper within the required time limit may make it hard or even impossible to submit a set of papers in a selected advanced school on time, causing understandable concern among students and parents.
Urgent MEN message. What must schools do and when?
Minister of Education Barbara Nowack in an interview with RMF FM clearly pointed to compulsory schoolswho made a mistake. "We anticipate schools to correct this mistake," declared the Minister.
Schools which have issued certificates on incorrect printing must issue new, correct documents Students. They have very small time for this surgery. As announced by Minister Nowacka, valid certificates must be issued no later than next week. The Minister assures that this is “not a complicated operation” and that “it will take respective days”, which should let schools to rapidly comply with the obligation.
Recruitment to advanced school. Ministry's Appeal to Directors
In order to minimise the negative impact of the mistake on students during ongoing recruitment, Ministry of National Education besides directed appeal to the heads of secondary schools. hotel asks that secondary schools did not reject candidates only due to the fact that the certificate has been presented on incorrect printing.
Instead of disqualifying a student, advanced school should go to primary schoolwho has issued the certificate, requesting the completion of the papers by providing a appropriate blank. This is key information for parents and students – in case of problems with the certificate, the secondary school is required to cooperate with the primary school in order to get the correct document, not to reject the student for formal reasons related to the printing mistake on the side of the simple school.
Summary: The problem of misissued certificates affects thousands of students, complicating the recruitment process for secondary schools. The Ministry of National Education reacted by ordering primary schools to issue correct papers at the latest by the end of next week. At the same time, the ministry called for secondary schools to request that they supplement them by primary schools and not reject candidates in the event of encountering false certificates. Students and parents should contact the primary school to set a deadline for receiving the revised certificate and monitor the situation in the recruitment process, citing the MEN guidelines.
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