Indian Pre-Schools
Before plunging into the topic lets throw some light on Why do we send our children to a Pre-School? I think the reasons are as follows:-
It is universally expected to increase the young child's ability to perform basic self care tasks i.e.in other words we can call it as school readiness program which makes a child ready to go to elementary schools - physically and mentally.
The second reason is to develop self confidence, self esteem and to feel valued as an individual, may be this is the most important objective of this program.
A child's social, intellectual and physical development through play and structured activities, prepares them for a smooth transition from pre-school to school (primary).
Cognitive development, process of social interaction is another important objective.
Now the actual topic Preschools in India: preschool education, like other forms of education is intended by the society.The Pre-School education is not yet recognised well by the Government. although a complete draft of curriculum[ www.ncert.nic.in>pdf_files] has been prepared and along with rules and regulations has been sent to states. Some State Government has implemented it and started the registration of pre-school but in majority of states there is no clear rules. But in India preschool/play schools are nowadays very high in demand. This industry is growing at the rate of 24.5 CAGR (compond annual growth rate - a business that provides a constant rate of return over the time period in GP ratio). But almost 70% of these schools are still unorganised and run by local people due to lack of government regulations and rest 30% are run in a Franchise Model - mostly better organised and high budget.
[Low budget, highly organised, following all the govt rules and regulations - CARE Foundation Schools - (www.biocaredream.co.in)].
From 2015-16 academic year, the School Education Department, through a Government resolution, fixed the minimum age for admission to Nursery at 3 years and 6 years for Std I by 2018-19. Several schools currently admit students in Nursery at the age of 2.5 and at 5 years in Std I. So in 70% cases - in the play schools which are run by the localites by poorly trained or untrained non/pseudo educators, are overcrowded with unsuitable curricula - which diminish the quality of the education system and is definitely limiting children's futures by denying them opportunities to reach their full potential. On the other hand children enrolled in pre-school program are more likely to develop critical skills, they need to succeed in school and less likely to repeat grades or drop out.
It is universally expected to increase the young child's ability to perform basic self care tasks i.e.in other words we can call it as school readiness program which makes a child ready to go to elementary schools - physically and mentally.
The second reason is to develop self confidence, self esteem and to feel valued as an individual, may be this is the most important objective of this program.
A child's social, intellectual and physical development through play and structured activities, prepares them for a smooth transition from pre-school to school (primary).
Cognitive development, process of social interaction is another important objective.
Now the actual topic Preschools in India: preschool education, like other forms of education is intended by the society.The Pre-School education is not yet recognised well by the Government. although a complete draft of curriculum[ www.ncert.nic.in>pdf_files] has been prepared and along with rules and regulations has been sent to states. Some State Government has implemented it and started the registration of pre-school but in majority of states there is no clear rules. But in India preschool/play schools are nowadays very high in demand. This industry is growing at the rate of 24.5 CAGR (compond annual growth rate - a business that provides a constant rate of return over the time period in GP ratio). But almost 70% of these schools are still unorganised and run by local people due to lack of government regulations and rest 30% are run in a Franchise Model - mostly better organised and high budget.
[Low budget, highly organised, following all the govt rules and regulations - CARE Foundation Schools - (www.biocaredream.co.in)].
From 2015-16 academic year, the School Education Department, through a Government resolution, fixed the minimum age for admission to Nursery at 3 years and 6 years for Std I by 2018-19. Several schools currently admit students in Nursery at the age of 2.5 and at 5 years in Std I. So in 70% cases - in the play schools which are run by the localites by poorly trained or untrained non/pseudo educators, are overcrowded with unsuitable curricula - which diminish the quality of the education system and is definitely limiting children's futures by denying them opportunities to reach their full potential. On the other hand children enrolled in pre-school program are more likely to develop critical skills, they need to succeed in school and less likely to repeat grades or drop out.
Very true. Quality should never compromised when it’s about children. And pre-school being the foundation stone needs to be up to the mark.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your inspiration.
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