Odisha and Meghalaya took a bold step forward in child welfare Tuesday, signing an MoU in Bhubaneswar to supercharge Early Childhood Care, Education, and Development (ECCED). The deal promotes peer-to-peer learning, capability upliftment, and best-practice swaps to nurture the youngest citizens.
Encompassing nutrition, wellness, preschool learning, dependable care, local participation, and organizational strengthening, the MoU sets up channels for insight sharing, collaborative studies, site tours, practice logging, and workforce training.
At the ceremony, experts drove home the irreplaceable value of early childhood in shaping lifelong trajectories of health and success. They praised inter-state synergy for spawning relevant, people-powered fixes, blending Odisha’s homegrown ECD successes with Meghalaya’s trailblazing service delivery in tough terrains and indigenous communities.
Perfectly synced with national human development agendas, the tie-up signals dedication to balanced child progress. It holds promise for hands-on lessons that spark tangible gains for tots, families, and service providers alike.
Principal Secretary Sampat Kumar (Meghalaya) and Additional Secretary Anant Narayan Singh Laguri (Odisha) signed amid witnesses including Development Commissioner Devarajan Kumar Singh and senior bureaucrats.