4. General Information
The history of early childhood education in India dates back to the 1890s,
when the kindergarten was started in the country.
Later on, during the decades before independence, some pioneers— like
Gijubhai Badheka and Tarabai Modak—struggled to establish a number of
educational institutions for young children and training centres for
teachers under the influence of Madame Montessori in the year 1920.
Maria Montessori’s work in India during the war of Independence
stimulated not only the growth of early childhood education at centres
organised around her philosophical principles but also the establishment
of training centres.
Despite these initiatives, early childhood education activities remained
scattered, concentrated in urban settings, restricted to certain regions in
the country, and confined to those who could afford such services.
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The first breakthrough in the teacher training for early childhood
came in the form of Bal Sevikas
Although the BST programme was a valuable initiative, because of the
size of the country and the complexity and magnitude of its problems,
the programme did not contribute much
The time was ripe for the next breakthrough - Integrated Child
Development Services
The initiative started with 33 modest projects reaching about 150,000
young children. Today, it has expanded to nearly 2,000 projects for
13 million children aged 0-6 and 3 million pregnant and lactating
women.
To date, there are 250,000 centres that employ 500,000
paraprofessional workers
To overcome the unmet challenges of Bal Sevikas & Anganwadi
workers, a more structured training has been purport in the form of
Nursery Teacher Training, Montessori Teacher Training & ECCE
training
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12. Statistics
According to the survey by CECED, under the sponsorship of NCTE & Ambedkar University
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13. Quality trained teachers’ requisite in a
Preschool
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Lack of availability of quality teachers is a main constraint in the
development & sustained functioning of a preschool
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The ideal teacher child ratio for a preschool is said to be 1:8 thus number of
teachers required is very high
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Trained teachers play a pivotal role in upholding the high expectations of
parents from preschool in terms of ensuring compliance to international
standards of teaching methods
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An inspirational teacher can make a substantial difference to a child,
almost regardless of the quality of the environment & resources at hand
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20. PSTTI Vs OTHER COMPETITORS
PSTTI
OTHER COMPETITORS
LIVE classes for training teachers in
Montessori methodology & Nursery
methodology – A major breakthrough in
the field of education
Absence of LIVE classes for the
enrolled students
Academic support – provides Student
Academic kit – research based materials
Study materials may be provided
Live Interactions simulating classroom
scenario with the trainer
Interaction with the trainer doubtful
Extensive support to the Associate/ Study Nominal support to the Study center
center
Trainer cost at the study center is nil
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Huge Trainer cost
21. PSTTI
OTHER COMPETITORS
Minimum investment with maximum returns
Maximum investment with minimum returns
Professionally renowned world class trainers
Depends on the demographics
Total guidance by experts
Minimum guidance
Total study duration of 320 hrs(+20 hrs)
Total study duration varies from 180 hrs- 300
hrs
Classes are archived after LIVE sessions for the
convenience of the students to be viewed 24 / 7
No such support for the enrolled students
Government of India Recognized & ISO 9001:2008
Certified
Private institution certified
100% Placement assistance for students for
enrolled candidates of PSTTI AC’s locally
Placement assistance may not be offered
Operational only 6 days a month with
approximately 36 hours of study
Variable
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