Odisha Govt Fixes Class 1 Enrolment Age At 6-Plus
The Odisha government fixed the age of enrolment to class 1 at 6-plus years as on September 1 from the 2025-26 academic session, as per the official notification. From the new academic year, all primary schools will open an additional preschool class called ‘Sishu Vatika’, it said.
Children in the age group of 5-6 years can be admitted to the preschool. 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.
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Additionally, recently Odisha government formed a 16-member committee to align the state curriculum framework with the National Curriculum Framework. According to the School and Mass Education Department, the state steering committee will be led by headed by Prof. Nityananda Pradhan, retired principal of the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal.
The notice released by the education department said that the government has formed a steering committee to develop the State Curriculum Framework (SCFs) under the ambit of National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP-2020) and in alignment with the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) with local contextualization.
