[Bob]

Third grade ~ by then the kid is 8 or 9. He should have been reading 6 years already. If he doesn’t read by this time, a repetition of third grade isn’t going to help.

And a social promotion to fourth grade will?

[muawiyah]

Yes. Holding him back won’t help him or the other children. Or, you could let him just stay at home. Why do you need that kid at school except to get the state payment per student day.