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Exploring mechanisms to improve home–school links : early childhood education in rural India


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Abstract: The discussion in this article is based on the wider context of the experience of the People’s Institute for Development and Training (pidt) over many years in organising non-formal schools in rural India. It also takes into account a study that PIDT did in collaboration with the Bernard van Leer Foundation, “Acculturation of the child to schooling – a multiethnic study”. Though the study mostly dealt with primary school-ready children in non-formal education (NFE2) schools between the ages of 6 and 14, it provided useful insights into how pre-school education should meet children’s developmental needs, thus opening villages to possibilities for integration and change without compromising indigenous values and skills that have sustained them so far.
Authors: Dasgupta, C.I.
Country: India
Category: Practice
End Page: 35
Serial number: 107
ISSN: 1387-9553
Journal: Early Childhood Matters
Keywords: children , education , indigenous peoples
Language: eng
Organization: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Year: 2006
Region: South Asia
Right: © 2006 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Start Page: 33
Title: Exploring mechanisms to improve home–school links : early childhood education in rural India