EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION

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NEP 2020: SCHOOL EDUCATION | ECCE: Curriculum and Pedagogy 

 

 

The NEP identifies that over 85 percent of a child’s brain develops by the age of 6 and emphasises on providing critical importance to appropriate care and stimulation of the brain in a child’s early years for healthy brain development and growth. It states that it is, therefore of the utmost importance that every child has access to quality early childhood care and education (ECCE).

The overall aim of Early childhood care and education (ECCE) will be to attain optimal outcomes in the domains of physical and motor development, cognitive development, socio-emotional-ethical development, cultural/artistic development, and the development of communication and early language, literacy, and numeracy.

 

Course Objectives

The course aims at enabling the learners to develop an understanding of:

• early childhood care and education and its significance;

• the rights and developmental needs of children;

• children’s need for nutrition, good health, protection, education and development;

• appropriate methods of care during early years;

• play and stimulation in early childhood;

• interdependence of child development and learning;

• the issues inECCE and directions to address the issues;

• concept and importance of school readiness and smooth transition;

• language and cultural diversity comprising the Indian social fabric and many co-existing social realities;

• the requirements of an inclusive classroom;

• appropriate interventions to meet the requirements of an inclusive classroom; and

• building meaningful relationships with parents, community and other stakeholders for an effective ECCE

programme.

Course Structure

The curriculum of ECCE at senior secondary level consists of both theory and practical components.Tutor Marked

Assignment (TMA) is also a part of the curriculum.