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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