About
Seats
53
Duration
2 Years
Eligibility
Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv
This programme is one of the very few ECCE focused Master’s degree programmes available in India. The MA programme involves rigorous engagement theory, practice and policies in ECCE. It has been conceptualised with the aim of creating human resources to support professional upgradation of quality of planning, supervision and management of ECCE programmes for young children. It also provides an in-depth and scholarly understanding of ECCE as a discipline, anchored in various disciplines including child development, sociology, history, critical pedagogy, psychoanalytic frame and anthropology.
The Masters in Education (ECCE) will help to develop graduates who have a holistic understanding of issues in this field and can promote quality early childhood programmes through their teaching, research, and advocacy.
Objectives:
- Create knowledgeable early childhood personnel in the field of early childhood care and education.
- Engage students in the existing literature in this field
- Participate at various sites of early childhood care and education through a series of field attachments to experience the reciprocal relationship between theory and practice.
- Pose problems, engage in collecting evidence to address questions and develop appreciation for evidence based practices and scientific inquiry.
Programme outcomes:
- After completing MA Education (ECCE) Programme, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical engagement with early childhood care and education discourse, theories, and practice.
- Identify and engage with multidisciplinary perspectives in early childhood care and education to develop a holistic understanding of educational practice
- Situate early childhood education practices in historical, political and socio-cultural contexts, both locally and globally.
- Critically think, reflect, and analyse arguments, claims, evidences and problems related to early childhood education in India.
- Pursue guided and ethical research study and demonstrate the ability to analyse and synthesize information to address research questions.
- Demonstrate analytical and professional skills related to teaching-learning, teacher education, curriculum and material development, education policies and programmes across different levels of education.
- Review and contribute to development and planning of curriculum, education policies and programmes for young children.
Programme Structure
Seats
53
Duration
2 Years
Eligibility
Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv
Duration: 2-Years (4 Semester + 1 Summer) Full-Time
Total Credits: 70
Components: Core Courses + Workshops + Electives + 3 Field Attachments + 1 Summer Internship + Dissertation
Programme Outcomes
Seats
53
Duration
2 Years
Eligibility
Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv
After successfully completing MA Education (ECCE) Programme, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical engagement with early childhood care and education discourse, theories, and practice.
- Identify and engage with multidisciplinary perspectives in early childhood care and education to develop a holistic understanding of educational practice
- Situate early childhood education practices in historical, political and socio-cultural contexts, both locally and globally.
- Critically think, reflect, and analyze arguments, claims, evidences and problems related to early childhood education in India.
- Pursue guided and ethical research study and demonstrate the ability to analyze and synthesize information to address research questions.
- Demonstrate analytical and professional skills related to teaching-learning, teacher education, curriculum and material development, education policies and programmes across different levels of education.
- Review and contribute to development and planning of curriculum, education policies and programmes for young children.
FAQ
Seats
53
Duration
2 Years
Eligibility
Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv
What are the Career Options after completing an MA Education (ECCE)?
After MA Education (ECCE), students can work as:
- Curriculum Developer
- Programme Evaluator
- Researcher
- Government Consultancy Agencies (SSA, RMSA, TE, NLM, MDM)
- NGOs and Private Organisations
- International Agencies (World Bank, UNICEF, Technical Corporation Agency)
For queries contact: sesadmissions@aud.ac.in

Courses

Seats

Duration

2 Years

Eligibility

Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv

Foundation and Core Courses

Engaging with Families and Communities
Developing Early Childhood Curriculum
Early Childhood Care and Education in India
Inclusion of Young Children with Disability
Language Development and Early Literacy
Observation and Assessment of Young Children
Play, Learning and Creativity
Understanding Children and Childhood
Gender and Education
Introduction to Educational Research
Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methods
State Society and Education

Workshops:

Self-Development
Health & Nutrition
Arts and Learning
Setting-up Inclusive ECE Programmes
Basic Research Skills Training

Elective Courses:

Education and Equity
Sociology of Education
Comparative Studies in History of Education
Education and Development
Educational Organisation and Leadership
Gender and Education
Global Childhoods
Introduction to Teacher Education
Learning and Development in the Early Years
Literature and the Young Child
Multilingual Education
Qualitative Research Methods in Education
Quantitative Research Methods
Reading Education Policy
School Knowledge, Curriculum and Texts
Socio Emotional Perspective on Educational Failure
Understanding Teacher and the Practice of Teacher

Field Attachment 1, 2 & 3 in diverse early childhood settings; Summer Internship in community/PG in preschools

Dissertation

Course Code	Course Name	Course Credit
SES202212	Sociology of Education	4
SES202213	Education and Equity	4
SES203108	Science Education: Critical approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy	4
SES202102	Early Childhood Care and Education in India (ECCEI)	4
SES202103	Engaging with Families and Communities	4
SES201105	Understanding Children and Childhood	4
SES201212	Language Development and Early Literacy	4
SES202101	Play, Learning and Creativity	4
SES202106	Developing Early Childhood Curriculum	4
SES202105	Observing and Assessing Young Children’s Development and Learning	4
SES202211	Inclusion of Young Children with Disability	4
SES201210	Gender and Education (GE)	4
SES201104	State, Society and Education	4
SES201107	Introduction to Educational Research	4
SES202201	Qualitative Research Methods (QLRM)	4
SES202204	Quantitative Research Methods	4
SES201310	Self Development Workshop	1
SES201313	Introductory Statistics in education	1
SES203310	Workshops	1
SES202301	Field Attachment 1 in Diverse Childhood Settings	1
SES202302	FA in Early Childhood Education Centres	2
SES202303	Internship	2
SES202304	Field Attachment 3	2
SES202305	Dissertation	6
SES201205	Introduction to Teacher Education	4
SES201208	Understanding teacher and the practice of teacher education	4
SES201202	School knowledge, Curriculum and Texts [Advanced Course in Curriculum Studies	4
SES201206	Psycho-Social Experience of Failure in Education	4
SES201209	Reading Educational Policies: Contexts and Practices (REP)	4
SES201211	Educational Organisation and Leadership	4
SES201213	Global Childhoods	4
SES201216	Multilingual Education in Indian Context	4
SES202210	Literature and the Young Child	4
SES201214	Understanding Disability through Cinema Representations	4
SES201215	Digital Storytelling Practices potential and limits tocommunication	4
SES201217	Education and School Ethnography [Qualitative Research Methods Elective Basket	4
SES201221	Linguistic Diversity, Rights and Education	4
SES201223	Multi-voiced Classrooms & Feminist Pedagogies	4
SES202104	Learning and Development in the Early Years	4
SES203107	Instruction in Middle & Secondary School Algebra & Geometry	4
SES203109	Education, Vulnerability and Sustainable Development	4

Faculty
Seats
53
Duration
2 Years
Eligibility
Applicants need to have a Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equiv
Anandini Dar
Assistant Professor
Gunjan Sharma
Assistant Professor
Manasi Thapliyal Navani
Assistant Professor
Manish Jain
Associate Professor
Monimalika Day
Associate Professor
Nivedita Sarkar
Assistant Professor
Rajshree Chanchal
Assistant Professor
Shivani Nag
Assistant Professor
Sunita Singh
Dean

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