India, April 24 -- Private kindergartens and anganwadis will soon be governed by the state in an effort to regulate and introduce transparency into pre-primary education. School education minister Dada Bhuse announced this on Wednesday, adding that the move was in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which mandates the inclusion of children aged three to six years into the formal education system.

Bhuse said a new law to regulate these institutions was being drafted and would soon be tabled. "We are working on a comprehensive law to bring pre-primary education into the mainstream. The draft has been sent to the law and judiciary department for review," he said.

Traditionally, formal education began when a child turned six...