The draft proposal proposes expansion of the RTE Act with the aim to cover the three years of preschool before Class 1.
The RTE Act provides for the Right of children to free and compulsory education till completion of elementary education in a neighbourhood school.
The early childhood education needs to be overseen and regulated by the Ministry of HRD as part of the school system.
The proposal includes the private pre-schools and anganwadis that currently cater to the 3-to-6 year՚s age group.
A new integrated curricular framework for 3 to 8-year old has been suggested with a flexible system based on play, activity and discovery, and beginning exposure to three languages from age 3 onwards.
The New Education Policy could result in an upheaval in the anganwadi system which has been overseen by the Ministry of WCD for more than four decades.