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Early Childhood Care and Education : Meaning and Significance

(c) gross, fine, eye-hand

(d) writing, colouring, drawing
Notes
1.3

(a) Yes
(b) No

(c) No

(d) Yes
(e) Yes

GLOSSARY
• Competencies: Abilities or skills required to do any work.

• Holistic: Development of the physical-motor, socio-emotional, cognitive
and language competencies of children in an integrated manner.
• Neuroscience: The study of nervous system and the brain.

REFERENCES
• Inter-Agency Commission, WCEFA (2019). World Conference on Education
for All: Final Report. Retrieved from http:/ /www.unesco.org/education/
pdf/11_93.pdf
• Ministry of Women and Child Development. (1975). Integrated Child
Development Services Scheme. Retrieved from https:// icds-wcd.nic.in/

• Ministry of Women and Child Development. (2013). National Curriculum
Framework for ECCE, 2013. New Delhi: Government of India.
• Ministry of Women and Child Development. (2013). National Early
Childhood Care and Education Policy, 2013. Retrieved from https://
wcd.nic.in/ sites/default/files/National%20Early%20Childhood%20Care%20
and%20Education-Resolution.pdf

• National Council of Educational Research and Training. (2006). Position
Paper National Focus Group on Early Childhood Education. Retrieved from
http://www.ncert.nic.in/new_ncert/ncert/rightside/links/pdf/focus_group/
early_childhood_education.pdf

• UNESCO (2000). World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April
2000: Final Report. Retrieved from https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/
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