Delhi: The organizational pattern of elementary education differs among the various States and Union Territories. In some states primary schools are up to grade four and in some others they are up to grade five. While upper primary levels either end at grade seven or eight.
Primary grade levels are one to four are in Assam; Goa; Gujarat; Karnataka; Kerala; Maharashtra; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland; West Bengal; D & N Haveli; Daman & Diu; Lakshadweep. While they are from grade one to five in Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; Bihar; Chattisgarh; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu & Kashmir; Jharkhand; Madhya Pradesh; Manipur; Orrisa; Punjab; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh; Uttrakhand; A & N Islands; Chandigarh; Delhi; Pondicherry.
At the upper primary level, the following states have it from grades five to seven: Assam; Goa; Gujarat, Karnataka; Kerala; Maharashtra; Meghalaya; Mizoram; D & N Haveli; Daman Diu; Lakshadweep.
While in the states of Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; Bihar; Chattisgarh; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu & Kashmir; Jharkhand; Madhya Pradesh; Manipur; Orrisa; Punjab; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh; Uttrakhand; A & N Islands; Chandigarh; Delhi; Lakshadweep the upper primary schools have the grades from five to eight.
Oddly, grade levels five to eight form the upper primary schools in Nagaland and West Bengal, while in the case of Orrisa it is from grade levels six to seven.
In most states of India, elementary education is up to grade level eight while in few states it is up to grade level seven. In these few states, grade level eight is a part of the secondary level of schooling.
The age of admission in grade one is five years in the states of Andhra Pradesh; Goa; Gujarat; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu & Kashmir; Karnataka; Kerla; Maharashtra; Manipur; Mizoram; Orrisa; Punjab; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh; Uttranchal; West Bengal, Chandigarh; D & N Haveli; Daman & Diu; Delhi; Lakshadweep; Pondicherry.
On the other hand, the age of admission is six years in the states of Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar; Chattisgarh; Haryana; Jharkand; Madhya Pradesh; Meghalaya; Nagaland; Rajasthan; Tripura; A & N Islands.