ISBN:
9781000054934
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (333 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.230954
Keywords:
Children-India-Social conditions-21st century
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Electronic books
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Children-India-Social conditions-21st century
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- 1 The young child in India -- 1.1 Focus on the young child is long overdue -- 1.2 Policy and legal framework have not delivered consistent results -- 1.3 Sustainable development goals pose challenges but also opportunities for India -- 1.4 State is the primary duty bearer to ensure adequate care -- 1.5 A renewed policy focus on the young child is critical -- 2 Advancing physical well-being -- 2.1 Young child mortality -- 2.2 Sex selection and gender discrimination have major implications for the young child -- 2.3 Ill health among young children -- 2.4 Several factors determine child nutrition -- 2.5 Safe water deficit, open defecation and poor hygiene undermine child health -- 2.6 Key issues -- 2.7 Recommendations and action points -- 3 Promoting early childhood learning -- 3.1 Early learning matters -- 3.2 Early childhood education services are crucial for cognitive development -- 3.3 Innovations in ECCE have been notable, many with relevance for policy -- 3.4 Key issues -- 3.5 Recommendations and action points -- 4 Prioritising the disadvantaged child -- 4.1 Children face extreme vulnerability in many ways -- 4.2 Children born in poverty confront multiple deprivations growing up -- 4.3 Socially marginalised communities face specific challenges -- 4.4 Inadequate parental care impedes child development -- 4.5 Key issues -- 4.6 Recommendations and action points -- 5 Childcare and the childcare worker -- 5.1 Nurture and care during early childhood has been under-rated -- 5.2 Home-based childcare is crucial but increasingly challenging -- 5.3 Provision of childcare services is grossly inadequate -- 5.4 Good practices can provide policy pointers and lessons -- 5.5 Key issues.
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