Apart from applying for 6 Macao local schools, Macao residents can apply for the“school for children of Macao residents” in Hengqin through Central Registration. For the enrolment timeline for other educational stages, please refer to the admission information for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Central Registration will be closed at 23:59 on 16 January. From 19 February onwards, schools will inform parents of the interview date and time.
After completing Central Registration, parents should check the enrolment information on the website of the school they chose. Prepare and submit the required documents at the appointed time. Show the screenshot of “Interview QR Code” when entering the school for interview; the QR code can be used repeatedly.
If parents want to enrol their children in a kindergarten after May 2025, they can go, in person, to the schools that still have places available for registration, or apply for the “Service of consultation and arrangement of school places” at the DSEDJ. Enquiry number during office hours: 83972309.
Admission information for Children Entering Kindergarten for the First Time
Central Registration is convenient
Optimise schools' enrolment mechanism; simplify the steps for parents to enrol their children in kindergarten for the first time; enable parents to confirm the preferred schools as early as possible.
Macao residents aged 3 by 31 December 2026 and who enrol in infant education in Macao for the first time. Note
From 1 January onwards
Parents register through “Macao One Account”/ on the DSEDJ website / at the DSEDJ counters
From 6 to 16 January
From 10 to 12 February
From 1 to 25 March
Release the admission list on the DSEDJ website and at schools
8 April
Parents can check and confirm one school to enrol their children in through “Macao One Account”/ on the DSEDJ website
From 8 to 10 April
From 11 April onwards
From 13 April onwards (as informed by schools)
Students on the admission list must complete school enrolment by 15 April
From 16 April onwards
Note: To enrol in schools in Macao, non-Macao residents must possess a stay permit or residence permit for over 90 days issued by a competent entity of the Macao SAR. At the same time, parents must process central registration at the DSEDJ counters.
Service hours of the DSEDJ counters
| Date | Location of the counters | Service Hours |
|---|---|---|
| From 6 to 16 January & From 8 to 30 April （Monday to Friday） |
Education and Youth Development Bureau Avenida de D. João IV, No. 7-9, 1 floor, Macao | 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
| Between 6 and 16 January & Between 7 and 30 April （Monday to Friday） |
Parenting Education Centre Rua de Bragança, Nova Taipa Garden, Lotes 24-26 r/c, Taipa | 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
For enquiries：8397 2309
Website: www.dsedj.gov.mo