Report on ECCE Teacher Education Curriculum Framework and Syllabus Outlines. Early Childhood Teacher Education

Abstract

In view of the importance o f ECCE and its ever-increasing popularity, the need for strengthening the system of ECCE teacher education has become an integral part of educational discourse in the country. The need to think of alternative models of ECCE teacher education has been articulated time and again at different forums. To address various aspects of ECCE teacher education in an appropriate frame of reference and to develop curriculum (i) framework and syllabus outlines o f ECCE teacher education, NCTE had constituted a committee under the Chairmanship o f Prof. G.L. Arora, former head, Department o f Teacher Education, NCERT. The present volume is the outcome o f the deliberations o f the Committee.