ABSTRACT
The government has not found a suitable box to put in early childhood. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, limitation of the fundamental right leaves out the 3-6 age group, and the way the people look at learning leaves out the below 3 age group. It is as serious and pivotal as any other right to a child. Whatever is delivered to the child formally or informally is learning and hence it is education. Years ago there was a UNESCO/UNICEF experiment to engage with the science teachers across the nation, and interestingly it was found that most of them were afraid of their pupils asking questions. They were also afraid to ask questions to the children because they were not confident of how they would answer and whether their answers would be right or wrong. Nobody calculates the cost that the child has to pay in the process.
