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100			_aMaruwada, Shankar _931770
245			_aTeach them young
260			_aYojana
300			_a66(2), Feb, 2022: p.51-56
520			_aAt present, there are likely to be about 700 million children between the ages of 3-6 years. 1 These years are the bridge years between home and school, critical for physical, cognitive, socioemotional, language, and early numeracy development - components together comprising Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE).Theseyears have the "most important influence in subsequent learning, behaviour and neatth," The damage ensued by no early learning for the majority of little children of India is no different from the devastation caused by climate change and the pandemic. Despite the setback due to the pandemic, with the trend of children returning back to schools for a brief period before the recent wave, we need to expand the opportunities to the youngest children of India, for the future depends on how our youngest children are empowered to learn and craft their own future in a fast-paced, ever changing world. – Reproduced
773			_aYojana
906			_aEDUCATION
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