It has been well established through many researches that ninety percent of brain develops by the age of six years. The foundation for further learning is formed in early years of life. This makes the provision of safe and stimulating learning environment, a highly significant input in cognitive development of early childhood. The increasing awareness of importance of learning in early childhood years among parents has lead to increase demand of preschools. To fulfill this demand, many private players have been entering into the preschool education market and they are spreading in the form of Franchise. In the absence of any regulatory body, the quality of these franchise (based on business model) are diluting the quality of preschool education. To find out the quality of these franchise preschools and its impact on cognitive development of children, present study was taken. The data was collected from 80 preschool children from 4 franchise preschools with the help of Hema Pandey’s tool for cognitive development. The quality of franchise preschool was assessed with a tool developed by CECED department of Ambedkar University. A positive correlation was found between quality of preschool and cognitive development of preschool children. The children of international franchise preschool was found to perform better than the children of national franchise preschools.
