BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has revised the enrolment age for class 1 to 6+ years as per the mandates under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
The School & Mass Education (S&ME) Department, in a notification issued on January 20, announced revising the age for admission into class 1 in the state.
“Commencing from the academic year 2025-26, the age of the child for admission in Class 1 shall be 6+ years as of 1st September of that academic year,” said notification issued by the S&ME Department.
In another decision, the department has said that Shishu Vatikas will be opened in all primary schools for admission of children in the age- group of 5-6 years for pre-school education from this academic year.
“From the academic year 2025-26 onwards, all primary schools will open an additional Pre- School class called “Sishu Vatika’, where children in the age group of 5-6 years will be admitted for Pre- School Education,” the notification added.
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The Odisha government has decided to implement the NEP 2020 in the state in a phased manner from the 2025-26 academic year.
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The School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department on January 15 announced the implementation of the NEP in the state and the adoption of National Curriculum Frameworks with local contextualisation as the State Curriculum Frameworks.
The government said the revision in the State Curriculum Frameworks will be done in a phased manner from 2025-26 academic year.
The government constituted a high-level task force under the chairpersonship of the Development Commissioner to suggest measures for the implementation of NEP 2020 in the state.
Subsequently, a State Steering Committee, chaired by Prof. Nityanand Pradhan, Former Principal of RIE, Bhopal, was constituted to develop the State Curriculum Frameworks.
The committee will be responsible for preparing the State Curriculum Frameworks in alignment with the National Curriculum Frameworks in local contextualisation.