"Around 17,000 students in the state did not meet this norm this academic year. There’s no point trying to enforce this during the current academic year," the minister said.
However the problem of age will continue to exist for another nine years as admissions have already been done. To avoid confusion in future, the government will ensure that only students aged at least five years as on May 31 of that academic year will be admitted to Class 1. There will be an allowance of 10 additional months i.e. a student aged up to 5 years 10 months can be admitted to Class 1.
But the Karnataka Education Act states, “The state government by order or directive with effect from the commencement of academic year must admit children with such age group as may be specified in the order provided that a child who has completed the age of five years shall not be denied admission into the school.”
