Younger children admitted to higher preschool grades may be held back a year: Education

Education Ministry has stated today that due to the alterations brought to the age criteria for student enrollment with the changes to the new school year, some younger students who were enrolled into older preschool grades may be held back a year.

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Aishath Shuba Solih

2024-02-14 13:52:49

Education Ministry has stated today that with the changes brought to the age criteria for academic graduation from one grade to the other, children repeating their current preschool grades will be students who were admitted into the school earlier than the determined age and that no other students will be repeated.

With the changes to the new academic year implemented by this government, the current school year of 2023 is determined to end this April and the new academic year of 2024 will commence in May 26.

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