EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE & EDUCATION

ECCE

Early childhood :-

“Early childhood” under Early childhood care & education (ECCE) refers to the age of 0 to 8 years this include the stages of infancy the pri-school &the early primary years in Indian context however according to the national policy of education
(1986) “Early childhood” refers specifically to the age of 0 to 6 years.

Significance of ECCE:-

The early year of children constitute the most significant period of in life because this is when the foundation laid for motor sensory cognitive language social & personality development pri-school learning & Early childhood care are considered to be the crucial inputs in improving the enrolment &participation of children in formal schooling this is time of opportunity where even small positive inputs may generate long- term social benefits.

Need and important of ECCE:-

The first six year of an individual life are crucial year as development / growth take place in this  period at its most raped pace these are formative year for attitudes habit value & adjustment the impression formed at this stage may last forever  Early childhood is the foundation on which children built the rest of their lives the child gets stimulating environment at ECE  center ECCE ensures proper overall development of the child it help in increasing enrolment it has an impact on the child school achievement and grade placement it help in attaining the goal of universalisation & education.

National Policy of education-

The npe 1986 has given a great deal of importance to ECCE, it has reviewed ECCE as an important input in the strategy of human resource development as a feeder and supporter programmer for primary education &as support service for working women of the disadvantage section of society it has also cautioned against the dangers of using formal method of teaching & introduction of the 3R’s reading writing &arithmetic at the early stage.

The program of action (POA) 1992 :-

It has suggested qualitative & quantitative expansion & strengthening of ECCE programmers in the country to the covered 70% of the tar gate group (children in the age group 0-6 years) should be covered by holistic ECCE programmers by 2000 AD.

The Ramamurti committee:-

It has recommended that the scope of the article 45 be enlarged to include in the minimum ECCE & ECCE should be include in the minimum need programmers of the government it has recommended programmatic & physical linkage with the primary school.

The national curriculum framework 2005:-

NCF 2005 emphasis on the importance of 2 year of ECCE & states that experiences provided during the pri school year play a very crucial role in the development of the child personality and have strong bearing open later education of children ECCE requires that young children be provided care opportunities and experiences that lead to their all-round development physical mental social emotional and school readiness it must be based on the holistic perspective  taking into account the characteristics of children at each sub-stage and their learning need in terms of experiences.

The tenth 5-year plan:-

It acknowledges ECCE as the first step in the education ladder and reaffirms its priority for the human resource development of the country it also commits to strengthening the early joyful period of play & learning in a yang  child life towards ensuring a harmonious transition from the family environment to the primary school.

Sarva shiksha abhiyan:-

SSA aims at universalisation of elementary education it also acknowledge the importance of ECCE for quality elementary education & provides strengthening of the pri-school  component in ICDS building advocacy for importance of  early child development ,organizing of training programmer and capacity building of anganwadi warblers and teachers.Effoorts are on  to provide universal access to ECCE to all the children in 0-6  year age group.

Role of DIET :-

Under the sarve shiksha abhiyan shishu shiksha keadrs” were established by RGPSM to provide ECE,after  the change in policy these centers were merged with anganwadis” under the department of WCD,financial support has been provided to AWS for quality ECE programmer.

During jan. 2011commissiner RSK decided to conduct a training programmer for 200 AWWS of selected districts .2master trainers were prepared from diet-Bhopal, programmer was successfully conducted and target was achieved with the time limit

IT was another successful programmer reflected from the feedback give by trained arganwadi workers

 6 day TRAINING PROGRAMME OF AWWS by DIET  -BPL