1. Centre for Early Childhood
Development & Research
(CECDR)
Jamia Millia Islamia

2. Established - February 16, 2010
Vision - The vision of the CECDR is to see an India in which
every young child is provided a nurturing and stimulating
environment for his or her optimal, holistic development.
Mission/Objectives- To create an enabling environment for
enlightened policy and practice for ECD particularly with
reference to children who are most marginalized, through
sustained attention and efforts of the government and civil
society based on a scientific understanding of children’s
developmental needs.
The Centre’s recruitment process started in March 2010 and
the first faculty member joined in April 2011.
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3. Faculty Strength
Director : 1
Professor : 1
Assistant Professors : 4
Research Assistants : 2
Addressing EFA Goal 1 and Goal 6 through
•Teaching
•Research and
•Extension Activities
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4. Teaching
M.A ECD course launched in July 2011.
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5. 5
Research Projects

6. Project Title Funding
Agency
Progress
Development and Pilot Testing of the
Revised Curriculum for the ICDS
Programme in Haryana, Rajasthan and
Delhi. – CECDR Team
Ministry of Women
and Child
Development, GOI
through NIPCCD
Completed
A study of language and literacy practices
in early childhood educational
programmes
CECDR Completed
Mapping of ECD Services within 5 kms
radius of Jamia Millia Islamia.
CECDR Ongoing
First draft of
report ready

7. Project Title Funding
Agency
Progress
Evaluating Efficiency of Intervention with
Mothers through Changes in parenting
practices, community attitudes towards
children and children’s health and nutrition
indicators in Selected Districts in Odisha,
India
The Fetzer
Institute, HHI,
USA
Ongoing (Data
analysis in
progress)
The role of fathers in Early Childhood
Development: A study of middle income
households in South Delhi
ICSSR Ongoing
Data collection
Mapping Early Childhood Development
Service Provision in Selected Districts of
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
CECDR Ongoing
Data Analysis and
report writing
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8. Project Title Funding
Agency
Progress
The Uttarakhand Disaster And Lives Of
Young Children & Pregnant & Lactating
Mothers: An Exploratory Study Of Impact,
Coping & Interventions.
ICSSR Awarded recently
Quality of early childhood education: An
investigation in the MCD schools of Delhi.
ICSSR Ongoing
Data collection
A study of quality of life of children with
cancer.
CECDR Ongoing
Report writing
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9. Project Title Funding
Agency
Progress
An investigation into the dialectical
relationships between the social situation
of development of children and
pedagogical practices in Jamia Nursery
School
CECDR Ongoing
Evaluation of the Curriculum Component
‘Teaching of English’ at the Jamia Nursery-
CECDR Ongoing
Stress and Resilience: A study of street
children living in Delhi
CECDR Ongoing
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10. Research cum Extension Activities
Evaluation of the Curriculum Component ‘Teaching
of English’ at the Jamia Nursery
followed by
• One week Workshop on “ Pedagogical
Approaches for Acquisition of Language and
Literacy in Early Years ”
• Weekly Review sessions
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11. 11
Conferences
First International Conference on
Early Childhood Development (FICECD)
21-22 March, 2013
Second International Conference on ‘Trans
disciplinary Perspectives to Early Childhood
Development’.