Securing admission in a school that best fits your child’s needs and requirements is the dream of every parent. Be it the nursery grade or the XIth grade; every child should get the best education facilities because learning at every stage is equally important.



The admission season is approaching, and you might be considering sending your child to a school or changing the school of your child. While you must be on your hunt to find the right school for your child, you must also keep track of the admission schedules of the schools that you shortlist. Make a note of the important dates, the age criteria for school admission, school fee, documents required, etc.

Every school in India follows a set of guidelines and procedure for admission of students at any grade level and it is necessary for every parent to adhere to it, failing which the candidature of your child can stand canceled.

The first and foremost step in the admission procedure is to check the eligibility of your child for the school you have selected. For this, you need to search for the age criteria for school admission. Therefore, we have compiled the age criteria for nursery and all the other grades to ease out the first step of the admission procedure for you.

Playgroup

The age criteria for playgroup admission is two years and above.

Early Years

Nursery: Your child should be of age three years and above.

Your child should be of age three years and above. Junior KG: You child should be of age four years and above.

You child should be of age four years and above. Senior KG: Your child should be of age five years and above.

Primary Years

Primary Years 1 : The minimum age criteria for this group is six years and above.

: The minimum age criteria for this group is six years and above. Primary Years 2 : The minimum age criteria for this level is seven years and above.

: The minimum age criteria for this level is seven years and above. Primary Years 3 : The age criteria for this grade level is eight years and above.

: The age criteria for this grade level is eight years and above. Primary Years 4 : The minimum age criteria for this grade is nine years and above.

: The minimum age criteria for this grade is nine years and above. Primary Years 5: The age criteria for this level is ten years and above.

Middle Years

Middle Years 6 : The child should be of age eleven years and above to be eligible for admission.

: The child should be of age eleven years and above to be eligible for admission. Middle Years 7 : The child should be minimum twelve years of age or above.

: The child should be minimum twelve years of age or above. Middle Years 8 : The minimum age criteria for this level is thirteen years and above.

: The minimum age criteria for this level is thirteen years and above. Middle Years 9 : The child should be of age fourteen years and above to meet the eligibility criteria.

: The child should be of age fourteen years and above to meet the eligibility criteria. Middle Years 10: The minimum age criteria for this grade level is fifteen years and above.

Your child should be of the ages mentioned above as on the 30th September of the respective year to be eligible to secure admission in any of the schools. As you can see, the age criteria as mentioned above is according to the schools following international baccalaureate education framework.

One such school is the Mount Litera School International that is established by the Zee Network to provide world-class quality education to the students so that they can grow up to become the leaders of tomorrow. Fulfilling the age criteria for school admission is essential because non-compliance of this can lead to cancellation of admission.

Mount Litera International School adheres to the guidelines of the board and follows a very transparent and fair admission process, which is why it is amongst the top IB schools in India.