Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in India: Initiatives, Practice, Challenges and Enablers

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Reetu ◽  
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Gulati Renu ◽  
Sharma Adarsh ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
Education In India

scholarly journals Fostering equitable access to quality preschool education in India: challenges and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmala Rao ◽  
Namita Ranganathan ◽  
Ravneet Kaur ◽  
Rashi Mukhopadhayay
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
National Educational Policy ◽  
Education In India

AbstractThis paper focuses on the provision of center-based preschool education for children ranging in age from 3 to 6 years in India. It estimates access rates to various services and highlights issues related to equitable access to preschool services and the quality of preschool education. While India has made great strides in improving access to preschool education, numerous challenges have to be addressed to enhance its quality. The National Educational Policy 2020 and the country’s commitment to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.2 by 2030 and ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality pre-primary education provide opportunities to ensure equitable access to quality preschool education. Central to meeting national targets is the enforcement of the National Quality Standards for Early Childhood Care and Education. Further, increased budget allocations to preschool education, prioritizing professional preparation of the early childhood work force and harnessing technology to monitor government programs have considerable potential to enhance the early childhood system.

Development of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education (QECCE) Scale: Factor Structural and Psychometric Properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 385-396
Author(s):  
Wong Kung-Teck ◽  
Jamilah Omar ◽  
Sopia Md Yassin ◽  
Mazlina Che Mustafa ◽  
Norazilawati Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Scale Factor ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care

scholarly journals Cash transfers and early childhood care and education in Zimbabwe: A critical inquiry to discourse, theory and practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilton Nyamukapa
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Food Education ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
Access To Food

<p>Cash transfer based social protection can potentially contribute positively upon targeted beneficiaries on a variety of developmental aspects. This study explored the pilot and scaled-up phases of the Harmonised Social Cash Transfer program to determine impacts towards improving under-eight children’s access to food, education, and health services. Stories of significant change were gathered in retrospect from purposively sampled caregivers and children beneficiaries. Based on thematic and guided analysis, it emerged that the programmes’ theoretical and practical approaches renders the interventions less effective as impact assessment is narrowed to the early childhood cohort. This is furthered by relatively insufficient size of grants disbursed per household and commodity supply-side challenges. Consequently, a review to theoretical and practical tenets of the cash transfer approach becomes imminent in the Zimbabwean context. Targeting criteria needs refinement and supplemented with policy and multi-faceted public investment to address underlying limitations to impact on young children. </p>

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