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National Curriculum for Early Childhood Care and Education(NECCE) and a National Framework for Early Childhood Stimulation (NFECS) launched

Posted 12 Mar 2024

Updated 27 Mar 2024

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  • By: Ministry of Women and Child Development.
    • The initiative is aligned with the National Education Policy 2020.
       
  • NECCE 2024: From Three to Six Years.
    • The NECCE 2024 covers all domains of development as per the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage 202 (NCF-FS)
    • It includes physical/motor, cognitive, language and literacy, socioemotional, cultural/aesthetic as well as positive habits.
    • Aim: To improve the quality of ECCE transacted at the Anganwadi Centre by prioritizing competency-based lesson plans and activities, presented in a simple and user-friendly manner.
    •  It provides for a combination of activities, including in-centre and at-home, indoor and outdoor, child-led and educator-led etc
    • Special focus for  inclusion of Divyang children in every activity, Community engagement and a continuum of home learning activities.
       
  • The NFECS  2024: From birth to three years
    • Aim:  To empower caregivers and Anganwadi Workers for holistic early stimulation, through responsive caregiving and opportunities for early learning, for optimal development of children, both body and brain.
    • It focuses on the principles of serve and return, caregiver’s three acts: love, talk, play, and positive guidance.
  • Tags :
  • Early Childhood
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • NECCE
  • NFECS
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