THE Ministry of Education and Youth has advised stakeholders that it does not facilitate the general transfer of students from one school to another, except in cases of proximity where a student may have been placed at a school in which he/she would need to travel long distances from home.

“Where parents are seeking transfers for children already placed in schools through the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placement process, these parents/guardians are being reminded that it is their responsibility to contact a school that is willing to accept their child/children,” the ministry said in a release yesterday.

“The procedure for transfer is for parents/guardians [to] submit a letter of request for transfer to the school, the accepting school should provide the parent/guardian with an acceptance letter, the acceptance letter should be taken to the school where the child was originally placed, the school administrator must provide the parent with a release letter.

“In addition, the parent/guardian is then required to write a letter addressed to the permanent secretary, Ministry of Education and Youth, requesting approval for transfer. This letter must be accompanied by the acceptance and release letters and should be taken to the respective regional office,” said the release.

The ministry said that it will, through regional offices, send approval letters to the accepting and releasing schools within one week from the date received.