A Comparison of Preschool Education and Anganwadies Centers in India

Abstract

Pre-school is an indicator of how well an educational system serves its students in the long run, as it prepares them for kindergarten and beyond. Therefore, every country is increasingly concerned with ECCE in light of its importance & repercussions. Thus, in the current context, ECCE is delivered mostly through private Pre-schools & public Anganwadies. The study's overall goal is to examine how private pre-schools and Anganwadies stack up in terms of teacher education and physical facilities in comparison to NCERT standards. Three private preschools and three community-run Anganwadies were selected for the study. Statistical analysis was utilized on the acquired data to contrast the two schools' facilities & determine whether or not they offered significantly different levels of instruction. According to the results of the survey, the majority of Anganwadies teachers lack the requisite qualifications as set forth by NCERT, while the vast majority of private Pre-school educators do. Additionally, the survey found that pre-schools fared better than Anganwadies in terms of the quality of their physical facilities