![]() Speaking to Panaji-based professional Samantha Fernandes (name changed) revealed that she sends her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Ria (named changed), to a play school in the vicinity of the capital city to "allow her to pick up social skills early on".Īnother parent points out to the skills that his two-and-a-half year old is learning at school including hand coordination by way of playing with paints and learning simple skills like how to eat and cut fruits. For instance, one parent says she sent her toddler daughter to a pre-primary because she was afraid she would lose out on the admission quota at the primary school level if she enrolled her any later. When it comes to Goa, some parents make a conscious choice to send their children to pre-primary schools, while for others it is out of certain compulsions. This is similar to countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan. The school education department in India, through a government resolution (GR), has fixed the minimum age for admission to nursery at 3 years from the 2015-2016 academic year and 6 years for Class I by 2018-2019. ![]() While there is no official collaborative report on the happiness index of Indian students, the increasing number of school dropouts and the incidence of suicide and high-risk behaviour in the student community make it amply clear. The Scandinavian nation, incidentally, has the happiest students in the world, as per findings published by the US-based Centre for Teaching Quality (CTQ) Collaboratory. To benchmark this age internationally, it would help us to know that in Finland, children begin formal education only when they turn seven while the average age that a child starts school is two-and-a-half. Let’s dig a bit deeper into this change in lifestyle to see if it would impact a child's development for better or for worse. ![]() Then there are some who are concerned about losing out on the admission quota of the desired school if they enrol their children any later. While many parents are unable to keep up with the mental and physical energy of their toddlers, there are others who are planning to resume their professional life. This is a rising trend in Goa due to a variety of reasons. No sooner do their children celebrate their second birthday than several parents pack of their tiny tots to school.
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