diff --git a/db/db.update.14.sql b/db/db.update.14.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3506f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/db.update.14.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+INSERT INTO `config` ( `var` , `val` , `description` , `year` ) VALUES ( 'participant_student_personal', 'yes', 'Collect personal information about the students, such as phone number, address, gender, etc.', '-1');
+INSERT INTO `config` ( `var` , `val` , `description` , `year` ) VALUES ( 'participant_student_personal', 'yes', 'Collect personal information about the students, such as phone number, address, gender, etc.', '2006');
diff --git a/register_participants.inc.php b/register_participants.inc.php
index 396a5d6..6e4c169 100644
--- a/register_participants.inc.php
+++ b/register_participants.inc.php
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ function registrationDeadlinePassed()
 function studentStatus($reg_id="")
 {
 	global $config;
-	$required_fields=array("firstname","lastname","address","city","postalcode","phone","email","grade","dateofbirth","schools_id");
+	if($config['participant_student_personal']=="yes")
+		$required_fields=array("firstname","lastname","address","city","postalcode","phone","email","grade","dateofbirth","schools_id");
+	else
+		$required_fields=array("firstname","lastname","email","grade","schools_id");
 
 	if($config['participant_student_tshirt']=="yes")
 		$required_fields[]="tshirt";
diff --git a/register_participants_students.php b/register_participants_students.php
index 77962df..aa0a552 100644
--- a/register_participants_students.php
+++ b/register_participants_students.php
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ else if($newstatus=="complete")
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Last Name")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"lastname[$x]\" value=\"$studentinfo->lastname\" />".REQUIREDFIELD."</td>\n";
 	echo "</tr>\n";
 
+if($config['participant_student_personal']=="yes")
+{
 	echo "<tr>\n";
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Sex")."</td><td>";
 	echo "<select name=\"sex[$x]\">";
@@ -248,15 +250,27 @@ else if($newstatus=="complete")
 	if($studentinfo->sex=="female") $sel="selected=\"selected\""; else $sel="";
 	echo "<option $sel value=\"female\">".i18n("Female")."</option>\n";
 	echo "</select>".REQUIREDFIELD;
-
+}
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo " <td></td><td></td>\n";
 	echo "</tr>\n";
 
 	echo "<tr>\n";
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Email Address")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"email[$x]\" value=\"$studentinfo->email\" />".REQUIREDFIELD."</td>\n";
+
+if($config['participant_student_personal']=="yes")
+{
 	echo " <td>".i18n("City")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"city[$x]\" value=\"$studentinfo->city\" />".REQUIREDFIELD."</td>\n";
+} 
+else
+{
+	echo "<td></td>";
+}
+
 	echo "</tr>\n";
+
+if($config['participant_student_personal']=="yes")
+{
 	echo "<tr>\n";
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Address")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"address[$x]\" value=\"$studentinfo->address\" />".REQUIREDFIELD."</td>\n";
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Province")."</td><td>";
@@ -285,6 +299,10 @@ else if($newstatus=="complete")
 			emit_year_selector("year[$x]",$year,$minyearselect,$maxyearselect);
 		echo "</td><td>".REQUIREDFIELD."</td></tr></table>\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
+}
+else
+	echo "<tr>";
+
 	echo " <td>".i18n("Grade")."</td><td>\n";
 
 		echo "<select name=\"grade[$x]\">\n";