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) |
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Anganwadi centers under the ICDS | 1,363,000a | 39c | Preschool education component of ICDS Â 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 | Â | 27c | Â |