prepared by DAVINDER KOUR

1. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE & EDUCATION
National Education Policy -2020

2. INTRODUCTION
 Currently, Children in the age group of 3 to 6
years are not covered in the 10+2 structure as
class 1 begins at age 6.
 In the new 5+3+3+4 structure ( NEP 2020), a
strong base of early childhood care and
education (ECCE) from age 3 is also included.
Which is aimed at promoting better overall
learning, development and wellbeing.

3. Aims of ECCE
 Overall aims of ECCE will be to attain
optimal outcomes in the domains of :
Physical and Motor development,
Cognitive development, socio- Emotional-
ethical development, cultural/ artistic
development and the development of
communication and early language,
Literacy and numeracy

4. Provisions in NEP 2020

5. Highlights of ECCE -2020
 Foundational Learning Curriculum:- For age
group 3 to 8 divided into two parts i) Age 3 to 6
in ECCE and ii) Age 6 to 8 in class I & II in
Primary school
 Universal Access:- For children of 3 to 6
years- access to free, safe, high quality ECCE
at Anganwadis/ Pre- school/ Balvatika.
 To ensure that all students are schools ready,
an interim 3 months Play-based “School
Preparation module” for all Grade 1 students,
will be developed by NCERT and SCERTs

6. Contd.
 Preparatory Class:- Prior to age 5 every child will move to a
‘Preparatory class’ or ‘Balvatika’ { i.e before class 1}, which has an
ECCE qualified teacher
 Multifaceted:- Flexible , multi-level, play-based, activity-
based and inquiry based learning
 School Infrastructure and Resources:-
i) Special Educational Zone SEZ
ii) School Complex or Clusters for resource sharing
o Training :- Training of Current Anganwadi workers/
teachers, those with qualification of 10+2 and above shall be
given 6 month certificate program in ECCE, and those with
lower educational qualification shall be given One year
diploma Program.

7. Nutritional support
o The Mid day Meal MDM program shall also be
extended to the preparatory classes in primary
schools
o Health checkups and growth monitoring shall
also be made available to preparatory class
students of Anganwadi as well as of Primary
school

8. Early Childhood education: Learning in the
Formative Years

9. ECCE FRAMEWORK
 National Curriculum and Pedagogical Framework for
Early Childhood Education ( NCPFECE) will be drafted
by NCERT
 NCPFECE will be aligned with the latest research on
ECCE, and National & International best practices.
 Comprising of Alphabets , Languages, numbers,
Counting, colors, shapes, indoor & Outdoor plays,
puzzles and Logical thinking, Problem solving drawing,
Painting and other visual art, Craft, Drama and
Puppetry, Music and Movements

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