The Compulsory Education Order 2007 ensures that all children receive at least nine years of formal education. It is aimed to ensure that children aged 6-15 years receive education, either in government or private schools. The Order provides for the establishment of the Compulsory Education Board. Section 2 stipulates that a child of compulsory school age is a child above the age of 6 years who has not yet attained the age of 15 years and who satisfies such conditions for receiving primary and lower secondary education. A child of compulsory school age who is (a) born on or after 1 January, 2002; (b) a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; and (c) residing in Brunei Darussalam, shall attend regularly as a pupil at a government school. (Section
3).