Maharashtra Education Commissioner Suraj Mandhare will hold a meeting with experts Monday to discuss the integration of Anganwadis and primary schools in the state as recommended in the National Education Policy, 2020.
A committee that includes the director of the Maharashtra State Council for Education Research and Training (MSCERT) will soon be formed to look into the implementation of the integration.
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Maharashtra plans integration of Anganwadis and primary schools as per NEP recommendation
Maharashtra Education Commissioner Suraj Mandhare will meet experts Monday to discuss the matter and a committee will be formed look into the implementation of the integration.
AnganwadiThe integration of Anganwadis with primary schools has been laid down in the NEP as an essential way to strengthen early childhood care and education.
Maharashtra Education Commissioner Suraj Mandhare will hold a meeting with experts Monday to discuss the integration of Anganwadis and primary schools in the state as recommended in the National Education Policy, 2020.
A committee that includes the director of the Maharashtra State Council for Education Research and Training (MSCERT) will soon be formed to look into the implementation of the integration.
“I am meeting some experts who have studied this subject and drafted some proposals. We decided to look into this task a month or two ago and had some discussions about it. Then I formed the committee but the director of the MSCERT got transferred, so now we have to reconstitute the committee,” said Mandhare.
The integration of Anganwadis with primary schools has been laid down in the NEP as an essential way to strengthen early childhood care and education with the view that almost 85 per cent of brain development occurs before age six.
The NEP 2020 states, “Children in Anganwadi Centres shall take activity-filled tours – and meet the teachers and students of their local primary schools, in order to make the transition from Anganwadi Centres to primary schools a smooth one. Anganwadis shall be fully integrated into school complexes/clusters, and Anganwadi children, parents, and teachers will be invited to attend and participate in school/school complex programmes and vice versa.”
I am meeting some experts who have studied this subject and drafted some proposals. We decided to look into this task a month or two ago and had some discussions about it. Then I formed the committee but the director of the MSCERT got transferred, so now we have to reconstitute the committee,” said .
