Not in line with NEP: ECA points to age disparity in nursery admission in state, seeks correction
Considering the age at the time of nursery admission, in Maharashtra, the child is only five and half years old during admission to Class I while NEP recommends that the child should be six years old to take admission in Class I
The ECA has also written to Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais requesting to correct this age-disparity. (File) Even as the National Education Policy (NEP) recommends that a child should have completed three years of age for nursery admission, the Early Childhood Association (ECA) has complained of disparity in age criterion in school admissions in Maharashtra. Pointing out that children in the state are admitted to nursery schools when they are just two and a half years, leading to early learning stress, the ECA has demanded that the age disparity be corrected.
At present, a child is required to be three years old by December 31 of the admission year for nursery admission in Maharashtra. But schools start sessions either in April or in June which means children are just two and a half years old when they begin nursery. The NEP also recommends that the child should be six years old to take admission in Class I. But considering the age at the time of nursery admission, in Maharashtra, the child is only five and half years old during admission to Class I.
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