Odisha fixes Class-1 enrolment age in schools at 6-plus years

bhubaneswar: the odisha government on monday fixed the age of enrolment to class-1 at 6-plus years as on september 1 from the 2025-26 academic session, an official notification said. from the new academic year, all primary schools will open an additional pre-school class called 'sishu vatika', it said. children in the age group of 5-6 years can take admission in the pre-school. the revision in the state curriculum framework will be initiated in a phased manner from the 2025-26 session, with the national curriculum framework foundational stage (ncf fs), being adopted in the first phase, the notification stated.