Early childhood education and school readiness in India : quality and diversity /

Part 1 Background --
Chapter 1 Introduction: Positioning School Readiness and Early Childhood Education in the Indian Context Venita Kaul --
Chapter 2 Research in India on Early Childhood Education and School Readiness: Some Learnings Venita Kaul --
Part 2 Children Ready for School --
Chapter 3 Till What Age is 'Age' Relevant? Examining the Effect of Age on Early Learning Manjistha Banerji and Mansi Nanda --
Chapter 4 Positioning Psycho-Social Development Within the Construct of School Readiness: Challenges and Opportunities Meenakshi Dogra and Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary --
Chapter 5 Does Participation in Preschool Help Children's Early Grade Learning? Wilima Wadhwa, Suman Bhattacharjea and Manjistha Banerji --
Part 3 Schools Ready for Children --
Chapter 6 Where do young children go? Provisioning in Early Childhood Education Purnima Ramanujan and Nayan Dave --
Chapter 7 What Works for School Readiness? Understanding Quality in Preschool Education Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary and Venita Kaul --
Chapter 8 Language Literacy and Bilingualism in the Early Years Sunita Singh --
Chapter 9 Situating Teacher Beliefs Sunita Singh and Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary --
Chapter 10 Are Schools 'Ready for Children'? Assumptions and Ground Realities Suman Bhattacharjea --
Part 3 Families Ready for School --
Chapter 11 Participation Trends in ECE programs: Who Goes Where and Why? Ben Alcott, Suman Bhattacharjea, Purnima Ramanujan and Mansi Nanda --
Chapter 12 As We Look Ahead T.S. Saraswathi, Venita Kaul and Suman Bhattacharjea