• Madhabi Barman

The purpose of this paper is to exploring of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as a Foundational stage of Education in light of NEP 2020.It is an endeavour to understand to importance of Early childhood education for the holistic development of the children. Pre -school education is the mainstream of Education in National Education Policy 2020. It has pre-school education in compulsory school education for promoting better learning and wellbeing of a child. Also mentioned the themes such as the curricular and pedagogical reform, difference model, teacher training and qualification; planning and implementation and so on were identified and reflected on. The findings of the study shows that the early childhood education is most important in NEP 2020 for developing values, physical and mental development of as well as in future learning.

Early Childhood Care and Education, National Education Policy-2020, Foundational stage, Pre-school Education, ICDS

"EXPLORING OF ECCE AS A FOUNDATIONAL STAGE OF EDUCATION IN LIGHT OF NEP-2020", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.f436-f441, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311550.pdf

"EXPLORING OF ECCE AS A FOUNDATIONAL STAGE OF EDUCATION IN LIGHT OF NEP-2020", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppf436-f441, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311550.pdf