Answer-Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) has received much importance in NEP. Which of the followin...

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 workersteachers will be trained through a systematic effort in accordance with the curricularpedagogical framework developed by NCERT.

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Early Childhood Care and Education (ECC

E 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

B Only C

C Only A and B

D Only A and C

E All of the above

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