Audio podcast: ‘If govt does not invest in every child’s early education, the nation will lose out’

Ashraf Engineer

November 3, 2021

Quality education in early childhood lays the developmental foundation for a lifetime and positively impacts society and the economy. But there is great dichotomy in education delivery in India – it ranges from sub-par in government schools to world-class in private ones. Renowned educationist Dr Swati Popat Vats (left) and her co-author Nasrin Modak-Siddiqi (below) – they’ve just released a book of the father of Kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel – speak to All Indians Matter on why India should focus on high-quality early education.