Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) like as pre-school education imparted to children in 3-6 years age group. It is the First stage of organized Education. Pre-school education is also known as pre-primary education. It is Provided in the settings such as Anganwadis, Nursery school, kindergartens, Montessori preparatory schools and Pre-primary section located in government provincialized L.P. Schools mainly Providing strong foundation for all round development and lifelong learning and preparing the child for school.

Value of ECCE and Recognition as a part of EFA the first and most important step is the recognition as acceptance to ECCE as a vital developmental need of all children and that hence every child has right to ECCE of equitable quality. This may seem a utopian demand in the light of the recent constitutional amendment disenfranchising the young child for the first time in our history. However, article 21 together with the Unikrishnan47 Judgment provides an opening that can be used to rekindly the debate and reverse the policies in place. This may take time, but the process has to start right now. This aim is to make ECCE accepted as an integral part of the curriculum for all children and for it to be seen as a part of EFA.