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Why Play? How India’s Children Can Learn Better With The National Curriculum Frameworks

Author : The Better India, Ekstep Foundation

Tags : Article, Early Childhood, Policy

The Better India speaks to Shankar Maruwada, CEO and Co-Founder of EkStep Foundation and member, National Steering Committee for the National Curriculum Frameworks, to gauge what India’s policymakers have in store for its children.

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