“别为了省钱让孩子5岁去上学”

A new report has found that students who are older when they start school are outperforming their classmates.

A pre-school aged child Source: SBS

在新州,学生在7月31日前满5岁就可以上学。


但是,25-30%的来自富裕家庭的孩子往往6岁时才去上小学。

新南威尔士大学最新的一份报告显示,年龄相差一岁的孩子在学校的表现差别很大。

年龄大一点的孩子的发展和表现都要比小一岁的孩子好很多。

但是,一些移民家庭因为付不起托儿(Childcare)的费用,就会让自己的孩子更早去上学。

专家认为,决定孩子是否去上学应该是基于他们的心智发展是否准备好了,而不是父母的经济实力。



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