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How PM’s EAC brings the focus back on the ECCE

-Hindustan Times

The study has been authored by Ashish Jhalani, co-author of the State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in India’ report released by the PM's Economic Advisory Council.

Let us first recognise that there is a fundamental challenge in early education years, that has been severely underestimated in the education planning strategy of India.

Perhaps that is why the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council released a report titled The State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in India in December, 2021. The report points out that effective implementation of FLN can potentially grow our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 7.39%, when the benefits are calculated over 20 years. This implies that FLN investments will contribute $3.8 trillion to India’s GDP of $ 19.3 trillion.

These numbers may be new, but the realisation is not. The contribution of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to the overall development of the country has been well known. Lack of focus on the quality of FLN has prevented generations of children from becoming productive citizens of the economy, leading to massive economic and social losses.

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