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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
Strategies - ActivitiesStrategies - Activities
• 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
Strategies - ActivitiesStrategies - Activities
• 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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