ECCD

EARLY CHILDHOOD Care and development

Early Childhood Care and Development

1987 Philippine Constitution

UN Convention on theRights of the Child

Education for All (EFA) Agenda

ARTICLE XV Section 2“The right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition,

and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation

and other conditions prejudicial to their development.”

Actual Targets1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 2000

Participation Rate % of 0-6 Population

17 29 30 35 40 90

Center-/Home-based Services (in million)

2.0 2.1 2.2 2.6 3.0 7.3

Kindergarten/Nursery (in million)

1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 2.0 4.8

EFA Initial Planning Targets for Early Childhood Care and Development (1990-1992 and Year 2000)

ECCDobjectives

Designating a single agency to be responsible for early childhood

development

Including another year of preparatory schooling for six-year olds as part of the formal

school system

Accrediting private school programs and institutions

Designing focused and differentiated approaches for special categories of

children

Integrating health, nutrition, and other allied services in the

programs and services

Adapting curriculum, materials and approaches to

the Filipino child’s socio-cultural milieu

Managing early childhood development programs and services with emphasis on

community-based activities

Exploring and using various approaches to parent education

ECCDAct of 2000

Legal Framework for Governance of Early Childhood Care and Development

The Child and Youth

Welfare Code of 1974

The Local Government Code of 1991

Establishment of the NationalSystem for ECCD

ECCD is shared

responsibility.

Accessto

Preschool Education

?What kind of

intervention is needed?

Should preschool be made part of the

formal school system or should it continue to be operated on a non-formal basis? Should the

intervention be done through

institutionalization or integration?

Integration

The inclusio

n of prescho

ol education in the

formal school

structure.

Institutionalizatio

n

The formal

recognition of

ECCD as part of non-

formal educatio

n

EDCOM

Institutionalization

Pedagogical Economic

Private Preschool Education

PrivatePreschool

DepEd-recognized Schools

Independent Private Schools

Preschool

Elementary

Secondary

(Tertiary)

Level Age Requirement

Nursery classes 3-4 years old

Kindergarten Classes 4-5 years old

Preschools 5-6 years old

Ministry of Education (MEC) Order No. 24, s. 1979

Age Requirements for Admission

Independent Private Preschools

To prepare young

children to formal

schooling

To provide surrogate

parenting to children of

working parents

To promote specific

philosophy of education

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