Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop Questionnaire for Children Under Five: Early Childhood Development MICS4 Survey Design Workshop.

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Questionnaire for Children Under Five:Early Childhood Development

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Measuring Early Childhood Development:The Global Challenge

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• Nearly 9 million under-five children died in the past year

• Over 220 million under-five children are not developing to their full potential

• An estimated 20% loss in adult productivity

• The issue of poor child development will remain as challenge unless substantial efforts are made to put the child development high on agenda

• To learn

Thank you for giving me a good start in life!

• The right to a name and nationality

• To play

• To be protected from illnesses

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I have the rights!

• To be properly fed • To be vaccinated

• To drink safe water

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

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• CRC: Right to survival and development • WFFC Declaration: Children protection, growth and development, good health and proper nutrition essential foundation for human development

• MTSP: Young child survival and development

• Poverty alleviation & reduction of disparities

Why Measure Early Childhood Development?

Death -– to late?

SchoolingBirth

Indicators

We have:• Reliable info on child health/nutrition/mortality • A lot of data related to educationand…• Huge data gap on ECD

Improved Early Childhood Development Module

• Children 0-4 years old

• Additional focus on 3 and 4 year-olds

Questions to assess:• Supportive learning environment• (Inadequate) Care • Caregiver’s support for early learning• Access to early education• Early childhood development

Supportive Learning Environment: Questions

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EC2.

EC1.

Supportive Learning Environment: Indicators

• # 6.3 Learning materials: children’s booksNumerator: Number of children under age 5 who have

three or more children’s books

Denominator: Total number of children under age 5

• # 6.4 Learning materials: playthingsNumerator: Number of children under age 5 with two or

more playthings

Denominator: Total number of children under age 5

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(Inadequate) care: questions

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EC3.

(Inadequate) care: Indicator

• # 6.5 Inadequate careNumerator: Number of children under age 5 left alone or in

the care of another child younger than 10 years of age for more than one hour at least once in the past week

Denominator: Total number of children under age 5

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Attendance to early childhood education: questions

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EC5.

EC6.

Attendance to early childhood education: Indicators

• # 6.7 Attendance to early childhood education

Numerator: Number of children age 36-59 months who are attending an early childhood education programme

Denominator: Total number of children age 36-59 months

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Support for early learning: questions

Support for early learning: Indicators

• # 6.1 Support for learningNumerator: Number of children age 36-59 months with whom an adult

has engaged in four or more activities to promote learning and school readiness in the past 3 days

Denominator: Total number of children under age 36-59 months

• # 6.2 Father’s support for learningNumerator: Number of children age 36-59 months whose father has

engaged in one or more activities to promote learning and school readiness in the past 3 days

Denominator: Total number of children age 36-59 months

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The Early Child Development Index

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• Preparatory work – compilation of relevant items

• Validity testing in Philippines and Jordan

• Part of MICS4 Pilot in Mombasa, Kenya

A tool to assess:

Litera

cy/numera

cy Social/emotional

Learning

Literacy & Numeracy Domain

• Recognising letters• Recognising numbers from 1 to 10• Reading simple, popular words

ECDI Questions EC8-10

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Physical Domain

• Motor skills; being able to manipulate objects•Freedom of frequent illness

ECDI Questions EC11-12

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Learning Domain

•Ability to follow simple directions•Being able to occupy himself/herself independently

ECDI Questions EC13-14

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2-3) Maturity

Social & Emotional Domain

• Ability to get along with other children• Not being physically aggressive with other children• Ability to focus and concentrate without getting easily distracted

ECDI Questions EC15-17

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ECDI Indicator

• # 6.6 Early Childhood Development IndexNumerator: Number of children age 36-59 months who are

developmentally on track in literacy-numeracy, physical, socio-emotional, and learning domains

Denominator: Total number of children age 36-59 months

ECDI = percentage of children who are developmentally on track in at least three of the four component domains

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Methodological issues

• All questions contributing to the indicator need to stay

• Careful translation needed• Details in the Manual • Technical assistance available (free of

charge)

Programmatic & Policy Implications

• Understanding of child development• Put the child development high on political agenda• Indicators will improve countries abilities to (1) set

the targets; (2) allocate resources; (3) monitor progress and ensure accountability

• Investment with long lasting effects: improved family care practices, stimulating environment, improved child wellbeing

Vision of ECD

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All children should be physically healthy, mentally alert, socially competent, emotionally sound and ready to

learn (World Fit For Children)Now we can measure it!

Prepared by:

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Magdalena JanusOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University,

Hamilton, [email protected]

Oliver PetrovicEarly Childhood Development Unit, PDO

UNICEF New [email protected]