Table of Contents
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION ;
AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY IN KERALA AND KARNATAKA ;
DECLARATION;
CERTIFICATE ;
ABSTRACT ;
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ;
1. INTRODUCTION ;
1.1 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION IN THEORY ;
1.2 RESEARCH AREA ;
1.3 ORGANISATION OF THE DISSERTATION ;
2. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION: AN OVERVIEW ;
3. METHODOLOGY ;
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN ;
3.2 SAMPLING PROCEDURE;
3.3 PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION ;
3.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS;
4. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN ECCE: CASE OF KERALA AND KARNATAKA ;
4.1 THE CASE OF KARNATAKA ;
4.1.1 Karnataka Jnana Aayoga (KJA) Recommendations ;
4.1.2 The Pilot Move: Assimilating Pre-schools with Regular Government Schools ;
4.1.3 Draft Karnataka Maternity (Amendment) Rules, 2018 ;
4.2 THE CASE OF KERALA ;
4.2.1 Status of AWCs in a Progressive State ;
4.2.2 Recommendations to the State Government: A Move towards an ECCE Policy;
4.3 AWCS COEXISTING WITH REGULAR SCHOOLS: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS ;
4.4 CONCLUSIONS ;
5. STATE ECCE CURRICULA ;
5.1 THE CASE OF KARNATAKA ;
5.2 THE CASE OF KERALA ;
5.4 CONCLUSIONS ;
6. SCERT/DSERT FUNCTIONARIES AND ECCE ;
6.1 THE CASE OF KARNATAKA ;
6.2 THE CASE OF KERALA ;
6.3 CONCLUSION ;
7. CONCLUSION ;
7.1 KEY FINDINGS ;
7.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ;
8. APPENDIX ;
APPENDIX 1: SUBNATIONAL HDI DATA FOR KERALA AND KARNATAKA ;
APPENDIX 2: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE (RESEARCH QUESTION 1) ;
APPENDIX 3: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE/ FRAMEWORK (RESEARCH QUESTION 2) ;
APPENDIX 3: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE/ FRAMEWORK (RESEARCH QUESTION 3) ;
9. REFERENCES .