Early Childhood Care and Education in India

The relevance of early childhood and early childhood care and education (ECCE) is being increasingly recognis­ed in the Indian policy landscape.The relevance of early childhood and early childhood care and education (ECCE) is being increasingly recognis­ed in the Indian policy landscape. As evidenced by studies, ECCE plays a vital role in advancing the physical and cognitive development of the child (Haartsen et al 2016) and making them school-ready (Kaul 2019). ECCE has a larger social and economic significance in a country like India, which is marked by wide disparities. Universal provision of quality ECCE services is shown to have an impa…