Early Childhood Care & Education
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
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Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is an integral part of basic education and represents the first and essential step in achieving the goals of Education for All. ECCE generally covers the age group of 0 to 8 years old, in other words, from birth to the first few years of primary education. In recognizing the multidimensionality of child development, quality ECCE provisions use a holistic approach, integrating health, nutrition and education in programmes for young children from the very beginning and at all stages.
Regional forum makes the case for early childhood education in South Asia , 28-29 April 2008, Bangkok,Thailand
"Expanding and improving early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged" is the first of the six goals of the Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All (EFA).
The goal refers to the period of a child's life from conception to early primary school years (age six to eight) and constitutes multiple dimensions of development of the child, such as health, nutrition and psycho-social stimulation. Read more
Regional Seminar on Early Childhood Policy Review: “Sharing and Learning from the Policy Review Process”, 11-13 July, 2007,Bangkok,Thailand
As a part of a joint project on ECCE policy review, UNESCO and UNICEF organized a regional seminar on early childhood policy review “Sharing and Learning from the Policy Review Process” on 11-13 July, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Regional Seminar, the second meeting for those participating countries, was also joined by observers representing DPR Korea, Papua New Guinea, as well as regional partners such as Plan International, Hong Kong University, and Regional Training and Resource Centre for ECCE Asia. The participating countries shared their review experience to date in terms of the technical “process” as well as “progress” in terms of key findings and common issues in the EC field in the region. They also learned how to translate these key findings into policy
recommendations. Read more
Regional Workshop on ECCE Policy Review,6-8 February 2007, Bangkok
UNESCO and UNICEF organized a Regional Training Workshop on Early Childhood Policy Review from 6 to 8 February 2007, in Bangkok. The workshop brought together representatives from nine countries in the region to document, share good practices, and agree on a regional and national policy review guidelines on early childhood care and education (ECCE).
ARNEC
The Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) is a professional network established to build strong partnerships in early childhood across sectors and different disciplines in the Asia-Pacific Region.
http://www2.unescobkk.org/ARNEC/mainpage/index.aspx
Inorder to download the ARNEC calendar 2009 click on the link below