Under the new policy from the Ministry of Education, the following has been approved:
Adoption of 31 December of the enrollment year as the date for calculating the admission age in schools and kindergartens whose academic year starts in August or September, based on the following:
The student must reach 3 years of age by 31 December of the enrollment year to register in Pre-Kindergarten/FS1
The student must reach 4 years of age by 31 December of the enrollment year to register in Kindergarten 1/FS2
The student must reach 5 years of age by 31 December of the enrollment year to register in Kindergarten 2/Year 1
The student must reach 6 years of age by 31 December of the enrollment to register in Grade 1/Year 2
This change applies to FS1 to Year 2 (Kindergarten and Grade 1) starting from the 2026-2027 academic year to Public Schools, Private Schools, Nurseries and Early Childhood Centers.