EARLY CHIDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (ECCE): FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

NEP 2020

Department of Elementary Education, NCERT, New Delhi

Ensuring Universal Access to high quality ECCE across the country in a phased manner

(i)FoundationalLearning

(ii)For age groupof 3-8 divided intwo parts:From age 3-6 inECCE and (ii) age6 to 8 in class Iand II in primaryschool

UniversalAccess

For children of3-6 years:access to free,safe, highquality ECCE atAnganwadis/Preschool/Balvatika

PreparatoryClass

Prior to the ageof 5 every childwill move to a"PreparatoryClass" or"Balvatika" (thatis, before Class1)

Multifaceted

Play-based, inquiry based learning with focus on cognitive, affective, psychomotor abilities and early literacy and Numeracy

Overall aimof ECCE toattainoptimaloutcomes indifferentdomains

Physical and Motor Development

Cognitive Development

Socio-Emotional Ethical development

Cultural/Artistic Development

Development of Communication, Language, Early Literacy andNumeracy

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Human Resource and Development

Women and Child

Development

Health and Family

WelfareTribal Affairs

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