Lucknow, June 28 -- Around 8,800 Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) educators will be engaged to empower children between three and six years in the government-run primary and composite schools in Uttar Pradesh.
The Education department has approved a budget of Rs 113.30 crores for this project.
The Primary Education Department will keep these educators on contract for 11 months and give them a honorarium of Rs 10,313 per month.
The order to this effect was issued by Anand Kumar Singh, Deputy Secretary, Primary Education Department.
It says that ECCE educators will work to develop the Anganwadi center of the respective schools to provide pre-primary education to children between the ages of three to six years.
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