MUSCAT : Oman has raised the upper age limit for nursery admission to four years from three and a half years under an amendment to the executive regulations of the Child Law, The Arabian Stories has learnt.
The Ministry of Social Development’s Ministerial Decision No. 410/2026, issued on October 29, amends Article 35 of the regulations, according to a notice published by Oman Legal Network.
The revised provision allows nurseries to admit children aged between three months and four years, extending the previous upper age limit by six months.
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Children younger than three months may also be admitted with approval from the competent authority, a requirement that remains unchanged.
The previous provision, issued under Ministerial Decision No. 125/2019, set the admission age range at three months to three and a half years.
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