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Age of admission to Class 1 in State will remain five: Minister

Age of admission to Class 1 in the State will remain five, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.

Any sudden change in the minimum age of admission to six years will create social problems, the Minister said at a press meet here on Wednesday.

The Union Ministry of Education had a few days ago written to States and Union Territories to fix six years as the minimum age of admission to Class 1 this year.

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