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    Question

    Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) has received

    much importance in NEP. Which of the following is/are suggested by NEP with regard to ECCE? A.    Planning and implementation of ECCE will be carried out entirely by the Education Ministry B.    Prior to the age of 3 every child will move to a “Preparatory Class” or “Balavatika” which has an ECCE-qualified teacher C.   ECCE will be delivered through institutions including Anganwadis and pre-schools that will have teachers and Anganwadi workers trained in the ECCE pedagogy and curriculum  
    A Only A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only A and B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only A and C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    NEP proposes planning and implementation of ECCE will be carried out jointly by the Education Ministry, Women and Child Development (WCD), Health and Family Welfare (HFW), and Tribal Affairs Further, it states that prior to the age of 5 every child will move to a “Preparatory Class” or “Balavatika” (that is, before Class 1), which has an ECCE-qualified teacher. The learning in the Preparatory Class shall be based primarily on play-based learning with a focus on developing cognitive, affective, and psychomotor abilities and early literacy and numeracy Also, to prepare an initial cadre of high-quality ECCE teachers in Anganwadis, current Anganwadi workers/teachers will be trained through a systematic effort in accordance with the curricular/pedagogical framework developed by NCERT.

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