Lok Sabha Question No. 978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Pre-school Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Pre-school Education

978.   SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of Government pre-schools along with the criteria fixed by the  Government  for  enrollment  in  pre-schools,  State/UT-wise  including  Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Government has set any parameter to decide the Syllabus for preschools and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether putting too much pressure on education of students at pre-school level has affected the overall growth of children and if so, the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  found  any  evidence  of  a  correlation  between attending  pre-school  education  and  better  learning  outcomes  at  the  primary education level and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The Integrated Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha envisages the school  as  a  continuum  from  Pre-School  to  Senior  Secondary  levels.  National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has recommended age of entry as 3 years for pre-

primary  education.  The  States/UTs  wise  number  of  pre-primary  sections, including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, is at Annexure-I.

- (b) The National Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) Curriculum Framework, 2013 confirms to the vision of holistic and integrated development of the child, with  focus on  care and early learning at each sub-stage of the developmental continuum,  to  support  children's  all-round  and  holistic  development.  It  also mentions that the pre-school curriculum must address the following interrelated domains of holistic development through an integrated and play-based approach i.e. Sensory and Perceptual Development, Physical, Health and Motor Development, Language Development, Cognitive Development, Development of Creative and Aesthetic Appreciation Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
- (c) As per the NEP 2020, the learning in the pre-school is focused on playful, art and  toy  integrated  activities,  which  leads  to  joyful  learning  and  education  of children enrolled at pre-school levels. Based on the overall developmental goals for 3 to 6 years, NCERT has done codification and metrics for learning outcome to be achieved in pre-school education.

( Source:https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/NIPUN\_BHA RAT\_GUIDELINES\_EN.pdf ).

- (d) It  is  observed  from  the  National  Achievement  Survey(NAS)  2017  report  (as published  in  February  2019),  that  students  who  attended  pre-primary  schools had higher achievement. In high performing States, 73% students had attended pre-primary schools.

( Source: https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/NAS/WithReleaseDate\_NPPTL.pdf ).

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  978  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  26.07.2021  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S., SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE, DR.  SUBHASH  RAMRAO  BHAMRE,  SHRI  SUNIL  DATTATRAY  TATKARE  AND

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B. REGARDING PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION.

| S.No.   | State/UT                  |   Number of Pre Primary sections |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                              289 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            |                             1254 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         |                              520 |
| 4       | Assam                     |                            25280 |
| 5       | Bihar                     |                              223 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                |                              106 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              |                              107 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                               24 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu               |                                5 |
| 10      | Delhi                     |                             1601 |
| 11      | Goa                       |                               65 |
| 12      | Gujarat                   |                              144 |
| 13      | Haryana                   |                             1722 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          |                             3807 |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir           |                            11416 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 |                            15954 |
| 17      | Karnataka                 |                             1668 |
| 18      | Kerala                    |                             3277 |
| 19      | Ladakh                    |                              764 |
| 20      | Lakshadweep               |                               20 |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh            |                             1512 |
| 22      | Maharashtra               |                             2705 |
| 23      | Manipur                   |                              688 |
| 24      | Meghalaya                 |                             4621 |
| 25      | Mizoram                   |                              390 |
| 26      | Nagaland                  |                             1715 |
| 27      | Odisha                    |                            21601 |
| 28      | Puducherry                |                              297 |
| 29      | Punjab                    |                            12899 |
| 30      | Rajasthan                 |                             2253 |
| 31      | Sikkim                    |                              770 |
| 32      | Tamilnadu                 |                             7623 |
| 33      | Telangana                 |                              561 |
| 34      | Tripura                   |                               64 |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh             |                             3567 |
| 36      | Uttarakhand               |                               10 |
| 37      | West Bengal               |                            64882 |
|         | Total                     |                           194404 |

Source UDISE 2019-20 (Provisional)