By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
The recent decision of the Karnataka Government to strictly enforce the rule fixing the eligibility age (from the previous 5.5 years to 6 years), down to a day, for the admission of our children to schools, seems very archaic and counterproductive, as it will certainly become an impediment to their learning process, psychological development and even the achievement of their ambitions and goals in life. It is bound to have a very far-reaching and very deleterious, cascading effect, impacting their adulthood and professional lives.
