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GOING FORWARD CHALLENGES FACED
• Design and roll out multi-state programmes focussing • Despite best e orts, given the access barriers created
on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and by the pandemic, only a small percentage of children
in-school education. These programmes will address could be covered during the year. Undoubtedly, the
the impact of extended school closures by o ering extended closure of schools, coupled with the limited
quality ECCE, strengthening the continuum between reach of online education due to a host of factors, has
ECCE and early grades, and facilitating remediation impacted the education and development of children,
and foundational learning through an alignment with especially the younger generation.
NIPUN Bharat.
• On re-opening of schools, teachers were found to have
• Intensify engagement with parents and community mainly focussed on completing the syllabus,
members to provide active support to children’s irrespective of children’s current learning levels, which
learning and address their overall well-being. a ected the actual learning progress.
• Complete a multi-state study on the impact of the • Low and irregular attendance of children at schools
pandemic on children and disseminate its findings. continued to be a challenge, further impacting
continuity of learning inputs gathered from irregular
• Based on the large number of out-of-school children children. The mid-day meal programme also did not
estimated, based on micro-studies undertaken in Uttar resume in all states.
Pradesh, a larger study has been proposed to
understand the issue.
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