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ECCE Policies, Schemes and Programmes in India
needs. The main programmatic components include Health System Strengthening,
Reproductive-Maternal-Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health, and
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
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ECCE in the 12 Five Year Plan(2012-17)
The Five Year Plans have also acknowledged the importance of ECCE for
laying the foundation of lifelong development. The 12 Five Year Plan (2012-
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17) emphasizes the need to address areas of systemic reform in ECCE across
all channels of services in the public, private and voluntary sectors. It aimed
to redefine ICDS non-formal preschool education to ECCD, with additional
and trained human resources. It also calls for introduction of a developmentally
appropriate curriculum framework with joyful early learning methodologies
for children between three and six years of age, including school readiness
interventions for children who are five plus years of age.
Source:https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/
XIIFYP_SocialSector.pdf
4.2.6 India Newborn Action Plan (INAP), 2014
The India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) was
launched in 2014 to reduce preventable
newborn deaths and stillbirths in the country
with strategic interventions. It defines six
pillars of interventions:
Pre-conception and antenatal care;
Care during labour and childbirth;
Immediate newborn care;
Care of healthy newborn;
Care of small and sick newborn; and
Care beyond newborn survival
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations
Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity
for people and the planet, now and into the future. There are the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries
—developed and developing —in a global partnership.
Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education: “Ensure inclusive and
equitable quality educationand promote lifelong learning opportunities for
all.”
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