The Maharashtra education department has relaxed the minimum age criterion for admission to classes from the nursery to class 1 for the academic year 2022-23, officials said.

As per the government resolution (GR) dated September 18, 2020, the cut-off date for the minimum age for school admission has been December 31. Due to this cut-off date, children born in October, November and December faced issues while securing admission in schools. Considering this issue, the education department has changed the minimum age criteria for admission for the academic year 2022-23, a government circular stated on December 20.