jaipur rajasthan government is drafting the early childhood education policy to be introduced in both government and private preschools taking a cue from the central governments policy on the early childhood unicef sponsored studies and national advisory council reports state has initiated a process to formulate a holistic policy for the development of a child and to check the mushrooming preschools in the state toi has learnt that every anganwadi will be given a research kit which includes teaching learning material no children would be subjected to admission test and duration of program or classroom period should not last more than 34 hours read initial document to make the learning interesting and attractive learning material should include toys and objects similar to our surroundings it also says that the ideal child ratio would be around 120 and it is necessary to use the mother tongue as primary language of interaction other than enhancing learning capabilities the policy also focuses on monitoring the health of every child from protection from hazards health care to taking care of nutrition all are part of the draft the early childhood age defined is first six years and early childhood education year is from 3 to 6 years of age state has worst percentage of students out of preschool the aser report says that 373 children in the age group of 3 years were not in any preschool similarly in the age group of 4 years figures say that 512 students never enrolled in a preschool it will be a challenge for the state to train its 60000 anganwadi workers k b kothari managing director of pratham rajasthan said to contain the dropouts a year of preschool is necessary for our children in the state a well designed curriculum will ensure good results in class i and ii