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Early Childhood DevelopmentEarly Childhood Development

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• Northern coast of South America• Tropical zone• approx. 164 km2 • approx. 450.000 inhabitants• 70 % in capital Paramaribo & suburbs• (= ca. 0,4 % of land area)• coastal area (north) – savanne – interior

(south)

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• 80 % covered with tropical rainforest

• (difficult to access – poor infrastructure)

• multi-ethnic population

• more than 30 languages spoken

• lingua franca = Dutch = language used in school

Policy ECD 0-8 yrs.Policy ECD 0-8 yrs.

• Caribbean Plan of Action 1997

adjusted July 2002• National ECD coalition (NGO’s, individuals)

Febr. 2002 - excecutive level• Interministerial ECD commission - June 2002

body policy level

monitoring body in cooperation

with coalition coordinating

Legislation + standards Legislation + standards

• Education act (from 7 yrs.) – to be revised

• Childcare draft to be

• Child protection completed

• ECD standards - draft document

Strategies - ActivitiesStrategies - Activities

• MoH:Well-baby clinics 0-1 0-5 yrs

primary health care, nutrition,

monitoring growth & development

parent education

training health workers

Strategies - ActivitiesStrategies - Activities

• MoH• Early intervention program

- Assessment 0-6 yrs

- Early stimulation/hometraining

- School readiness

- Efforts for inclusion of children with

disabilities

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• MoSA:

- Daycare facilities (0-4 yrs)

- Policy for children (0-18 yrs)

Strategies - ActivitiesStrategies - Activities

• MoE:

- Preschool/kindergarten (4-5 yrs)

- Elementary schools from 6 yrs. etc

- Teenage mother project

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• NGO’s:

- Public and parent education

- Parenting program

Parent education

Parent associations

etc.

CoverageCoverage - - AccessAccess

• Facilities 0-3 yrs. - ca. 9 % of children – approx. 104 facilities

3-5 yrs. - 36,9 % of children in ECE progr.

(daycare – playschool)

273 preschools for 4-5 year olds (8 private)

6 yrs. and up - average of 77,5 % in prim. education

coastal area approx. 87 %

interior approx. 61 %

CoverageCoverage - - AccessAccess

• Teacher training - caregivers daycare centres

(0-4)

- preschool/kindergarten

teachers (4-8)

• Curriculum - 0 – 3 à 4 yrs.

draft in development

- 4 – 6 yrs. in place

CoverageCoverage - - AccessAccess

• Equality ?

• Challenges - Interior

- Language

- high repetition rate

- high school drop out

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Experiences

in preventing

school drop out

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