Early childhood workforce training – UGC NET Question

NEP 2020 recognises that the quality of ECCE depends heavily on the competence of frontline workers. It calls for comprehensive training, continuous professional development and better service conditions for Anganwadi workers and pre-primary teachers.

Option A:
Simply replacing Anganwadi workers with untrained volunteers would lower quality and contradict the emphasis on professional standards.

Option B:
This option reflects the policy’s focus on professionalising the ECCE workforce through structured courses and on-the-job mentoring.

Option C:
Treating ECCE workers only as helpers ignores their crucial role as educators in the foundational years.

Option D:
Limiting pre-school teaching to foreign nationals is neither practical nor aligned with NEP’s emphasis on local language and cultural familiarity.