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Table 1 Number of early childhood centers and estimated enrollment

From: Fostering equitable access to quality preschool education in India: challenges and opportunities

Types of centers

Number of centers

Percentage of enrollment (3–6 years)

Type of service (monitoring body)

Anganwadi centers under the ICDS

1,363,000a

39c

Preschool education component of ICDS

 Focus on play-based learning; mixed age grouping (Ministry of Women and Child Development)

LKG and UKG classes in government primary schools

N.A

N.A

LKG/UKG/KG classes

 Academic focus; classes may be age-segregated (Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development)

Privately run preschools

10,237b

31c

Nursery/LKG/UKG classes

 Academic focus; age-segregated classes (no monitoring body)

ECCE offered by NGOS

N.A

N.A

(No monitoring body)

Not attending any preschool

 

27c

 
  1. Sources:
  2. aGovernment of India (2018d)
  3. bGovernment of India (2015)
  4. cGovernment of India (2016)