National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development...

National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development

(Newborn to Pre-First Graders)

In Accordance With the Government Policy

2012 - 2016

Office of the Education Council

Ministry of Education

National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development (Newborn to Pre-First Graders)In Accordance With the Government Policy 2012-20162

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O 691 N National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development

(Newborn to Pre-First Graders) In Accordance With the Government

Policy 2012 - 2016, Bangkok : 2012

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I. Childhood - - Policy and Strategy II. Title

National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development (Newborn to

Pre-First Graders) In Accordance With the Government Policy 2012 - 2016

OEC Publication : No. 43/2012

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National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development (Newborn to Pre-First Graders)In Accordance With the Government Policy 2012-2016 3

Foreword

Pursuant to the meeting of the National Committee on EarlyChildhood Development (NCECD) on January 4, 2012, and the workshop onearly childhood on March 16, 2012, the Chairman of the Committee (H.E. thePrime Minister) has concurred with the priority given to early childhooddevelopment. As a result, a succinct government policy has been announced tothe effect that: in 2012-2016, urgent measures will be taken to ensurecontinuous all-round development of quality for all in early childhood(newborn to pre-first graders). The Ministry of Education has been assigned tocoordinate with other ministries/agencies concerned for preparation of theNational Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development (Newborn toPre-First Graders).

The Office of the Education Council (OEC), as secretariat of theNCECD, has consequently organized consultative meetings and workshops forpreparation of the National Strategic Plan in collaboration with the principalministries and agencies concerned. These include Ministry of Public Health,Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, andMinistry of Justice. On August 27, 2012, the National Strategic Plan wassubmitted to the NCECD, which gave its approval, and decided to forward theNational Strategic Plan for consideration of the Council of Ministers.

In compliance with the government policy 2012-2016, theOEC has published the National Strategic Plan for Early ChildhoodDevelopment (Newborn to Pre-First Graders) to serve as guidelines forall concerned for preparation of plans/projects for early childhooddevelopment in Thailand.

(Dr. Anek Permvongseni)Secretary-General

The Education Council


CONTENTS

Page

Government Policy on Early Childhood Development 5

Strategy 1: All children receive essential services for 7

development of their full potential

Strategy 2: Iodine and early childhood development 27

Strategy 3: Early childhood rearing 35

Strategy 4: Mechanism for early childhood development 45


Government Policy on Early Childhood Development

The National Committee for Early Childhood Development

(NCECD), as its meeting 1/2555 on January 4, 2012, gave its approval

to the following principles:

Principle 1: Importance of those in early childhood; and

Principle 2: State policy covering urgent measures to allow

all those in early childhood (newborn to pre-first graders) to receive

continuous all-round development of quality in accord with their age.

Principle 1: Importance of those in early childhood

1) Brain and learning development at highest rate in life span;

2) Profitable investment;

3) Attrition of inequality and creation of social justice;

4) Initiation of life foundation / building blocks; and

5) Period in life in need of special care for rearing.

Principle 2: State policy covering urgent measure to allow

all those in early childhood (newborn to pre-first graders) to receive

continuous all-round development of quality in accord with their age

1. Concerned ministries informed of policy and necessary

measures; accelerate policy implementation through concrete actions in

cooperation with Ministry of Education; and

2. Minister of Education coordinates and integrates actions

of all ministries responsible for child development of all age groups.

Concrete operational guidelines will be prepared in detail; outcome of

performance monitoring will be duly reported to the NCECD.


As programme secretariat, the Office of the Education Council

(OEC) consequently organized workshops on early childhood development

as required for implementing the Prime Ministerûs policy directive.

Representatives of agencies concerned were invited to participate in the

workshops for preparation of the National Strategic Plan for Early

Childhood Development (newborn to pre-first graders), which includes the

following strategies:

Strategy 1: All children receive essential services for

development to their full potential;

Strategy 2: Iodine and early childhood development;

Strategy 3: Early childhood rearing; and

Strategy 4: Mechanism for early childhood development.

For each strategy, stipulations are made regarding its goals,

problems, targets, operational guidelines and principal responsible

agencies/ supporting bodies. This Strategic Plan will be implemented in

2012-2016 as mandated by the State Policy. Details of the respective

strategies are as presented below.


Strategy 1: All children receive essential services

for development to their full potential

Policy: Urgent measures for all those in early childhood (newborn to

pre-first graders) to receive continuous all-round development

of quality in accord with their age

Goals:

1. By 2016, all children in the 0-5 age group i.e. all newborn to

pre-first graders will receive essential health services;

2. By 2016, 90% of all newborn to pre-first graders will develop

in accord with their age;

3. By 2016, all children in the 3-year age group to pre-first

graders will be enrolled in any category of early childhood

development institutions, if deemed appropriate; and

4. By 2016, all 6-year-olds will be enrolled in Grade 1 as

stipulated in the Compulsory Education Act.

Definition: All those in early childhood means the newborn to pre-first

graders; they include children in general, those disadvantaged

and disabled is well as children of foreign origin living in

Thailand.


* MICS data 2007

Strategy 1: All children receive essential services for development

to their full potential

Goal ProblemPolicy

1. By 2016, allchildren in the 0-5 agegroup i.e. all newborn topre-first graders willreceive essential healthservices.

Urgent measuresfor all those inearly childhood(newborn to pre-firstgraders) to receivecontinuous all-rounddevelopment ofquality in accordwith their age

- In each year, around 40,000 -50,000 children are not registeredat birth, resulting in incomplete dataon newborn and the childrenûsinability to access various service.

- Children who are short in stature(due to moderate chronic malnutri-tion): 9.1%, especially those in thepoorest population group: 15.7%and in southernmost provinces:18.3%*; obese children: 6.8%,especially those in the urban areas:10.4%*.

- For the 0-1 age group, coverage ofdiphtheria, whooping cough andtetanus vaccination: 91.4%,especially those in southernmostprovinces: 88%*; those living inborder areas and children of ethnicorigin: 82.5%*.

- Among the 6-month-olds, the rateof breastfeeding only is a mere 5%(MICS 2007) or 23.8% (HealthDepartment 2009).


Target and operational guideline

1.1 Target: By 2016, percentage of all children born in Thailand with birth registration will be

increased from 93% to 97% through the following measures:

1) Expand on-line birth registration system for linking that of hospitals nationwide to thepopulation registration system; and 2) Increase measures to promote birth registration ofchildren born in poor families or in remote areas, as required by the law.

1.2 Target: By 2016, prevalence of moderate chronic malnutrition will be reduced to 5%, 10%

among the poorest population group; obesity will be reduced to 5%; the following measures

will be taken:

1) Health workers or health volunteers regularly visit expecting women, postnatal mothers andchildren of the 0-5 age group for follow-up and advice;

2) Closely observe and strengthen physical growth and nutrition of those in early childhood invillages, communities and nurseries; and

3) Provide prenatal care of quality through regular visits to ensure would-be mothersû healthynutrition and foetusû desirable growth, weight of newborn should exceed 2,500 grammes.

1.3 Target: By 2016, 100% of the children receive all essential vaccines through the following

measures:

1) Press upon agencies concerned to strengthen services and follow-up on vaccination; and2) Increase measures to ensure universal vaccination for children in border areas and those of

foreign origin.

1.4 Target: By 2016, 30% of the children are given breastfeeding only during the first 6 months

through the following measures:

1) Mothers fully and profitably avail of the right for 3-month maternal leave;2) Fathers in the civil service are allowed to have a consecutive 15-day paternal leave to assist in

postnatal care;3) Health workers or health volunteers regularly visit postnatal mothers for purposes of follow-up

and giving advice: 6 months for cases of breastfeeding only, and 2 years or more for breastfeedingplus age-appropriate nutrients;

4) Encourage setting up breastfeeding corners in offices/day-time nurseries in work places;5) Push forth legislation on marketing of baby and child foods and related products for protection

of the children: 6 months for cases of breastfeeding only, and 2 years or more for breastfeedingplus age-appropriate nutrients;

6) Encourage early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth;7) Support awareness-rousing among parents and general public of the importance of 6-month

breastfeeding only; disseminate warning on possible risks and dangers for formula-drinkingbabies;

8) Transform all clinics offering midwifery and delivery services and well baby clinics intochild-friendly ones; and

9) Provide necessary training for doctors and nurses for acquisition of knowledge, understandingand skills in breastfeeding; also include breastfeeding in the curriculum of their courses of study.




Goal ProblemPolicy

2. By 2016, 90% ofall newborn to pre-firstgraders will develop inaccord with their age.

- Non-inclusive child developmentalassessment; only 20% have beenassessed in well baby clinics (Sirikul2006); 65% have been screenedand provided with intellectualstimulation in well baby clinics.

- Personnel lack understanding ofactivities (ASEAN HealthDevelopment Institute 2010); lackof materials and equipment;overcrowded facilities.

- Many children have received neitherage-appropriate development nordevelopmental strengthening;findings were: 71.4% and 68.2%of the 1-3 and 4-5 age groups hadnormal overall growth (survey onearly childhood developmentconducted by Health PromotionBureau, Health Department 2010).

- In the Bangkok Metropolitan area,findings from 90,696 screenings ofchild development were: 13% atrisk of slow development; 15%received developmental assessment;19% received developmentstrengthening (Health Bureau,Bangkok MetropolitanAdministration 2010).

- Lack of application of media/activities for developmentalstrengthening.




1.5 Target: By 2016, 90% of the children will receive developmental assessment through the

following measures:

1) All children will receive services along the line provided by well baby clinics as advocated bythe Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand (e.g. assessment of various aspects: developmentand behavior, growth, nutrition, health screening, risks, sight, vision, audition, dental health care;provide knowledge and advice along the practices of parental schools; child rearing in familiesby parents/guardians, and any abnormality observes will be referred to responsible specialists);

2) Well baby clinics provide screening and intellectual stimulation for the childrenûs benefit;3) Set up system for transferring data on childrenûs health status and development; create systems

of case managers, data transferrers, health workers; and4) Prepare operational guidelines for assessment and developmental strengthening of children at

risk.

1.6 Target: By 2016, 95% of the 0-3 age group will receive developmental strengthening through

the following measures:

1) In cooperation with parents, childcare providers and teachers, stimulate and promote exertion ofcapacities of children in this age group in accord with their age;

2) Provide parents with knowledge and skills in child rearing of quality;3) Prepare manuals covering overall operational guidelines for parents, childcare providers and

teachers concerning concrete actions for intellectual development; and4) Provide media to promote development of newborn (gift bags), and train parents on use of these

media.1.7 Target: by 2016, 95% of the 3-year age group to pre-first graders will receive developmental

strengthening through the following measures:

5) In cooperation with parents, childcare providers and teachers, stimulate and promote exertion ofcapacities of children in this age group in accord with their age;

6) All types of child development centres are required to develop the childrenûs thinking andintellectual skills;

7) All types of kindergartens are required to develop the childrenûs thinking and intellectual skills;8) Develop media, toys, books etc. to stimulate the childrenûs intellectual development;9) Set up clinics at tambon level to promote child development; and10) Develop capacities of personnel so as to be able to observe and provide necessary care for

children at risk (health volunteers, childcare providers, kindergarten teachers, teaching assistants,health workers).


- Inadequate support for childrenwith special needs e.g. disabledchildren; those born fromunprepared mothers; those withproblem or abnormality at birth;those with chronic disease ordeficiency.

- 13.1% of the children had noaccess to the various categories ofearly childhood developmentinstitutions (OEC 2010);specifically, 54.8%* from the Thaipoorest families and 44%* fromthe non-Thai families were notenrolled.

Data analysis on children outsideschool system (Database on Childrenand Youth 2010) shows a total of550,142 children (6-11 age groups,most are Thais) have not beenenrolled in primary schools.(UNICEF 2012)



Goal ProblemPolicy


* MICS data 2007

2. By 2016, 90% ofall newborn to pre-firstgraders will develop inaccord with their age.

3. By 2016, allchildren in the 3-yearage group to pre-firstgraders will be enrolledin any category of earlychildhood developmentinstitutions, if deemedappropriate.

4. By 2016, all 6-yearolds will be enrolled inGrade 1 as stipulated inthe CompulsoryEducation Act.


1.8 Target: Increase appropriate services and support for children with special needs through


1) Strengthen capacities of provincial and district hospitals, enabling them to provide initial carefor children with special needs and transfer them to specialized centres if necessary;

2) Prepare manuals and provide training for parents for acquisition of knowledge on necessarycare for children with special needs;

3) Personnel development on essential care for children with special needs (health workers,childcare providers, kindergarten teachers, teaching assistants); and

4) Health workers and education officials provide regular follow-up and support for parents.

1.9 Target: By 2016, 80% of the 3-5 age group in remote areas, those in the poorest population

group or from non-Thai families have access to services of the various categories of early

childhood development institutions through the following measures:

1) Local agencies concerned provide support and promoting enabling all children in the area tobenefit from age-appropriate development of quality to their full potential in early childhooddevelopment centres or other facilities;

2) Increase the number of child development centres run by local administration organizations tocover all areas, particularly remote regions;

3) Strengthen capacities of teachers taking care of the children; and4) For Thai children without Thai nationality, the authorities should consider granting Thai

nationality to those whom they know full well that they are Thais, as well as foreign childrenborn in Thailand.

1.10 Target: 99% of the 6-year-olds have access to primary education through the following

measures:

1) Provide clarification to primary school teachers, childcare providers, school administrators andparents concerning criteria for age of enrolment as stipulated in the Compulsory Education Act;and

2) Urge educational institutions, child development centres, kindergartens and parents to enroll all6-year-olds in primary schools.



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16, 90

%- Non

-inclus

ive

child

1.5

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et: B

y 2

016, 90%

of

the

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

all t

hose

in e

arl

yof a

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wbo

rn to

deve

lopm

ental

childre

n w

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ceiv

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enta

lagen

cies

childhood (ne

wbo

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st g

rade

rs w

illassessmen

t; on

ly 2

0%ass

essm

ent

thro

ugh t

he

follow

ing

-Le

gal ad

ministra

tion

to p

re-firs

t grad

ers)

deve

lop

in a

ccord

with

have

bee

n assessed

in

mea

sure

s:orga

niza

tions

(Pr

ovincial

to r

ecei

ve

continuous

their ag

e.well ba

by c

linics

1)All

child

ren

will rec

eive

service

sad

minist

ratio

ns o

rgan

izations

,all-r

ound d

evel

opm

ent

(Siri

kul 20

06);

65%

alon

g the

line

prov

ided

by

well

distric

t ad

ministra

tion

of

quality

in a

ccord

have

bee

n screen

edba

by c

linics as a

dvoc

ated

by

the

orga

niza

tions

, mun

icipalities

with t

hei

r age

and

prov

ided

with

Roy

al C

ollege

of Pe

diatric

ians

and

Patta

ya C

ity)

intelle

ctua

l stim

ulation

of T

haila

nd (e.g. a

ssessm

ent of

-Ban

gkok

Metropo

litan

in w

ell ba

by c

linics.

vario

us a

spec

ts: de

velopm

ent an

dAdm

inistra

tion

- Pe

rson

nel lack

beha

viou

r, grow

th, nu

tritio

n, h

ealth

-Ed

ucationa

l service

area

unde

rstand

ing

ofscreen

ing, risks

, sigh

t, vision

,offic

esac

tivities (ASE

AN

auditio

n, d

ental he

alth c

are;

-Unive

rsities

Hea

lth D

evelop

men

tprov

ide

know

ledg

e an

d ad

vice

-Borde

r pa

trol po

lice

Institu

te 2

010)

;alon

g the

prac

tices o

f pa

rental

scho

ols

lack

of materials

scho

ols; c

hild rea

ring

in fam

ilies

Support

ing B

odie

s

and

equipm

ent;

by p

aren

ts/gua

rdians

, an

d an

y-Office

of the

Priv

ate

overcrow

ded

facilities.

abno

rmality

obs

erve

d will b

eEd

ucation

Com

mission

referred

to

resp

onsible

spec

ialis

ts);

-M

inistry

of So

cial

2)W

ell ba

by c

linics prov

ide

screen

ing

Dev

elop

men

t an

dan

d intelle

ctua

l stim

ulation

for the

Hum

an S

ecurity

child

renûs be

nefit

;-Ed

ucationa

l service

area

offic

es


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

3)Se

t up

sys

tem for trans

ferring

data

-Lo

cal Adm

inist

ratio

n Dep

t.on

childrenûs he

alth status an

d-M

inistry

of La

bour

deve

lopm

ent;

crea

te sys

tems of

case m

anag

ers,

data trans

ferrers,

health w

orke

rs; an

d4)

Prep

are

operationa

l gu

idelines for

assessmen

t an

d de

velopm

ental

streng

then

ing

of c

hildren

at risk.

- M

any

child

ren

have

1.6

Targ

et: B

y 2

016, 95%

of

the

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

rece

ived

neither

0-3

age

gro

up w

ill re

ceiv

eagen

cies

age-ap

prop

riate

dev

elopm

enta

l st

rength

enin

g-Hea

lth service

ins

titutions

deve

lopm

ent no

rth

rough t

he

follow

ing m

easu

res:

-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

deve

lopm

ental

1)In c

oope

ratio

n with

paren

ts,

(Hea

lth D

ept., M

ental

streng

then

ing; finding

sch

ildca

re p

rovide

rs a

nd tea

chers,

Hea

lth D

ept.)

were: 7

1.4%

and

stim

ulate

and

prom

ote

exertio

n of

-Unive

rsities

68.2

% o

f the

1-3

and

capa

citie

s of c

hildren

in this ag

e-Ban

gkok

Metropo

litan

4-5

age

grou

ps h

adgrou

p in a

ccord

with

the

ir ag

e;Adm

inistra

tion

norm

al o

verall

grow

th2)

Prov

ide

parents with

kno

wledg

e-Pr

ivate

orga

niza

tions

(surve

y on

early

and

skills in c

hild rea

ring

Support

ing B

odie

s

child

hood

dev

elop

men

tof q

uality;

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cal ad

ministra

tion

cond

ucted

by H

ealth

organ

izations


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

Prom

otion

Burea

u,3)

Prep

are

man

uals c

overing

overall

-Th

ai H

ealth

Promotion

Hea

lth D

epartm

ent

operationa

l gu

idelines for p

aren

ts,

Foun

datio

n20

10).

child

care p

rovide

rs a

nd tea

chers

-Nationa

l Hea

lth S

ecurity

- In the

Ban

gkok

conc

erning

con

crete

actio

ns for

Office

(NHSO

), Th

ailand

Metropo

litan

Area,

intelle

ctua

l de

velopm

ent;

and

-Pr

ivate

orga

niza

tions

finding

s from

90,

696

4)Pr

ovide

med

ia to

prom

ote

conc

erne

dscreen

ings

of ch

ildde

velopm

ent of n

ewbo

rn (gift

bags

),de

velopm

ent were:

and

train p

aren

ts o

n us

e of the

se13

% a

t ris

k of slow

med

ia.

deve

lopm

ent;

15%

rece

ived

dev

elop

men

tal

1.7

Targ

et: by 2

016, 95%

of

the

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

assessmen

t; 19

%3-y

ear

age

gro

up t

o p

re-f

irst

agen

cies

rece

ived

dev

elop

men

tal

gra

der

s w

ill re

ceiv

e dev

elopm

enta

l-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

streng

then

ing

(Hea

lthst

rength

enin

g t

hro

ugh t

he

orga

niza

tions

Burea

u, B

angk

okfo

llow

ing m

easu

res:

-Ban

gkok

Metropo

litan

Metropo

litan

5)In c

oope

ratio

n with

paren

ts,

Adm

inistra

tion

Adm

inistra

tion

2010

).ch

ildca

re p

rovide

rs a

nd tea

chers,

-Ed

ucationa

l service

area

- La

ck o

f ap

plication

stim

ulate

and

prom

ote

exertio

n of

offic

esof m

edia/activities for

capa

citie

s of c

hildren

in this ag

e-Pr

ivate

orga

niza

tions

deve

lopm

ental

grou

p in a

ccord

with

the

ir ag

e;streng

then

ing.


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

6)All

type

s of c

hild d

evelop

men

tce

ntres are

requ

ired

to d

evelop

the

child

renûs thinking

and

intellectua

lsk

ills;

7)All

type

s of k

inde

rgartens

are

requ

ired

to d

evelop

the

childrenûs

thinking

and

intellectua

l sk

ills;

8)Dev

elop

med

ia, toys

, bo

oks etc.

to stim

ulate

the

child

renûs

intelle

ctua

l de

velopm

ent;

9)Se

t up

clin

ics at tam

bon

leve

l to

prom

ote

child

dev

elop

men

t; an

d10

)Dev

elop

cap

acities o

f pe

rson

nel

so a

s to b

e ab

le to

observe

and

prov

ide

nece

ssary

care for c

hildren

at risk

(hea

lth v

olun

teers,

child

care

prov

iders,

kind

erga

rten

teac

hers,

teac

hing

assistants,

health w

orke

rs).


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

- Inad

equa

te sup

port

1.8

Targ

et: In

crea

se a

ppro

pri

ate

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

for ch

ildren

with

serv

ices

and s

upport

for

childre

nagen

cy

spec

ial ne

eds e.g.

with s

pec

ial nee

ds

thro

ugh t

he

- M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

disabled

children;

follow

ing m

easu

res:

Support

ing B

odie

s

thos

e bo

rn from

1)Streng

then

cap

acities o

f prov

incial

- M

inistry

of So

cial

unprep

ared

mothe

rs;

and

distric

t ho

spita

ls, en

ablin

gDev

elop

men

t an

d Hum

anthos

e with

problem

or

them

to

prov

ide

initial c

are

for

Secu

rity

abno

rmality

at birth

;ch

ildren

with

spe

cial n

eeds

and

- M

inistry

of Interio

rthos

e with

chron

ictra

nsfer them

to

spec

ializ

ed c

entre

s- M

inistry

of Ed

ucation

disease

or d

eficienc

y.if

nece

ssary;

2)Pr

epare

man

uals a

nd p

rovide

training

for pa

rents for ac

quisition

of k

nowledg

e on

nec

essary c

are

for ch

ildren

with

spe

cial n

eeds

;3)

Person

nel de

velopm

ent on

essen

tial

care for c

hildren

with

spe

cial

need

s (hea

lth w

orke

rs, ch

ildca

reprov

iders,

kind

erga

rten

teac

hers,

teac

hing

assistants); an

d4)

Hea

lth w

orke

rs a

nd e

duca

tion

offic

ials p

rovide

reg

ular follow-up

and

supp

ort for pa

rents.


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

3. B

y 20

16, all

- 13

.1% o

f the

1.9

Targ

et: B

y 2

016, 80%

of

the

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

child

ren

in the

child

ren

had

no a

ccess

3-5

age

gro

up in r

emote

are

as,

agen

cies

3-ye

ar a

ge g

roup

to

to the

various

those

in t

he

poore

st p

opula

tion

-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

pre-fir

st g

rade

rsca

tego

ries of e

arly

gro

up o

r fr

om

non-T

hai fa

milie

sorga

niza

tions

(Pr

ovincial

will b

e en

rolle

d in

child

hood

dev

elop

men

thave

acc

ess

to s

ervic

es o

f th

ead

minist

ratio

n orga

niza

tions

,an

y ca

tego

ry o

f ea

rlyinstitu

tions

(OEC

vari

ous

cate

gori

es o

f ea

rly

distric

t ad

ministra

tion

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t20

10);

spec

ifica

lly,

childhood d

evel

opm

ent

inst

itutions

orga

niza

tions

, mun

icipalities

institu

tions

, if

deem

ed54

.8%*

from

the

thro

ugh t

he

follow

ing m

easu

res:

and

Patta

ya C

ity)

approp

riate.

Thai p

oorest fam

ilies

1)Lo

cal ag

encies c

once

rned

provide

-Ban

gkok

Metropo

litan

and

44%*

from

the

supp

ort an

d prom

otion, e

nabling

Adm

inistra

tion

non-Th

ai fam

ilies

all ch

ildren

in the

area

to b

enefit

-Ed

ucationa

l service

area

were

not en

rolle

d.from

age

-app

ropriate d

evelop

men

toffic

esof q

uality

to the

ir full

potential in

-Unive

rsities

early

childho

od d

evelop

men

t-Bo

rder p

atrol po

lice

scho

ols

centres or o

ther fac

ilitie

s;Support

ing B

odie

s

2)Increa

se the

num

ber of c

hild

-Office

of the

Priv

ate

deve

lopm

ent ce

ntres run

by loc

alEd

ucation

Com

mission

administra

tion

orga

niza

tions

-M

inistry

of So

cial

to c

over a

ll area

s, pa

rticu

larly

Dev

elop

men

t an

d hu

man

remote

region

s;Se

curit

y3)

Streng

then

cap

acities o

f teac

hers

taking

care

of the

children; a

nd

* M

ICS

data 2

007


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

4)Fo

r Th

ai c

hildren

with

out Th

ai-Ed

ucationa

l service

area

natio

nality, the

autho

rities sh

ould

offic

esco

nsider g

ranting

Thai n

ationa

lity

-Lo

cal Adm

inistra

tion

Dep

t.to tho

se w

hom the

y kn

ow full

-M

inistry

of La

bour

well that the

y are

Thais,

as w

ell as

foreign

child

ren

born in

Thailand

.

4. B

y 20

16, all

Data

analys

is o

n1.1

0T

arg

et: 99%

of

the

6-y

ear-

old

sPri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

6-ye

ar o

lds will b

ech

ildren

outside

scho

olhave

acc

ess

to p

rim

ary

educa

tion

agen

cies

enrolle

d in G

rade

1 a

ssy

stem

(Datab

ase

onth

rough t

he

follow

ing m

easu

res:

Office

of the

Basic

stipulated

in

the

Children

and

You

th1)

Prov

ide

clarifi

catio

n to p

rimary

Educ

ation

Com

mission

Com

pulsory

2010

) sh

ows a

total

scho

ol tea

chers,

child

care p

rovide

rs,

Educ

ation

Act.

of 5

50,1

42 c

hildren

scho

ol a

dministra

tors a

nd p

aren

ts(6

-11

age

grou

ps,

conc

erning

crit

eria for a

ge o

fmos

t are

Thais) h

ave

enrolm

ent as stip

ulated

in

the

not be

en e

nrolled

inCom

pulsory

Educ

ation

Act; an

dprim

ary

scho

ols.

2)Urge

educ

ationa

l institu

tions

,(U

NIC

EF 2

012)

child

dev

elop

men

t ce

ntres,

kind

erga

rtens

and

paren

ts to

enroll

all 6-

year-olds in p

rimary

scho

ols.


Strategy 2:

Iodine and early childhood development


pre-first graders) to receive continuous all-round development of

quality in accord with their age.

Goals:

1. All newborn to pre-first graders will be provided with sufficient

iodine in food;

2. All expecting mothers will be provided with sufficient iodine in

food, supplemented with iodine tablets; and

3. All breastfeeding mothers during the first 6 months will be

provided with sufficient iodine in food, supplemented with iodine

tablets.

Definition:

- Each iodine tablet contains 150-200 microgrammes.

- Universal salt iodization means iodization of salt for both human

and animal consumption, including salt for food industry to

ensure sufficient iodine consumption of all Thai people.


1. Newborn to pre-firstgraders will be providedwith sufficient iodine infood.

2. All expecting motherswill be provided withsufficient iodine in food,supplemented withiodine tablets.

3. All breastfeedingmothers during the first6 months will beprovider with sufficientiodine in food,supplement withiodine tablets

- 58% of Thai families consumesalt with iodine; only 35% in thenortheastern region do so. (MICS2000)

- Around 20% of all newborn in2007-2008 in Thailand werethyroprivic. (Medical SciencesDepartment)

In 2000-2007, 71.2% of expectingmothers did not receive sufficientiodine; the mean of iodine level intheir urine was sub-standard. (HealthDepartment)

Lack of information on breastfeedingmothersû access to iodine

Strategy 2: Iodine and early childhood development

Goal ProblemPolicy

Urgent measuresfor all those inearly childhood(newborn topre-first graders) toreceive continuousall-rounddevelopment ofquality in accordwith their age.


2.1 Target: 1. 90% of all households will consume sufficient iodinized salt; 2. Thyroprivia among

newborn will be reduced to less than 3%. By 2016, the above targets will be reached through the

following measures:

1) Food and Drug Administration will oversee standard for iodinized salt production, and willensure rigorous and continuous enforcement of relevant legal provisions;

2) Households will use iodinized salt for childrenûs nutrition in observance of the standard set byMinistry of Public Health as announced;

3) Closely observe and monitor iodine consumption for expecting mothers, newborn and those inearly childhood; and Increase legal measures to ensure use of iodinized salt in animal feedindustry.

5) International-standard salt iodization will be required of producers of salt for consumption, withstate support for procurement of the necessary equipment.

2.2 Target: Through the following measures, 90% of expecting mothers will receive sufficient

iodine during pregnancy (Mean of iodine level in pregnant womenûs urine is in the range of

150-249 microgrammes per litre):

1) As the main measure, expecting mothers will consume iodinized salt in food in observance ofthe standard set by the Ministry of Public Health as announced;

2) As a supporting measure, Government Pharmaceutical Organization will produce iodinesupplement tablets for continuous distribution nationwide;

3) All health service institutions will observe the rights and accrued benefits of expecting mothersthrough continuous distribution of sufficient iodine supplement tablets;

4) Launch campaigns and make arrangements for expecting mothers to receive prenatal care rightfrom early pregnancy;

5) Closely observe and monitor expecting mothersû iodine consumption; and6) Conduct a research project on expecting mothersû consumption of iodine supplement tablets in

order to assess the situation and determine the necessity to continue with the supplementarymeasure.

2.3 Target: Through the following measures all breastfeeding mothers will receive sufficient iodine

during the first 6 months

1) All will consume iodinized salt in food in observance of the standard set by the Ministry ofPublic Health as announced;

2) All will receive iodine supplement tablets from provincial public health offices, Health Bureauof Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Pattaya City; and

3) Conduct a research project on these breastfeeding mothersû consumption of iodine supplementtablets in order to assess the situation and determine the necessity to continue with thesupplementary measure.



Str

ate

gy 2

: Io

din

e and e

arl

y c

hildhood d

evel

opm

ent

Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

Urg

ent

mea

sure

s fo

r1.

New

born to

- 58

% o

f Th

ai2.1

Targ

et: (1

) 9

0%

of

all

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

all t

hose

in e

arl

ypre-fir

st g

rade

rsfamilies c

onsu

me

salt

house

hold

s w

ill co

nsu

me

suff

icie

nt

agen

cies

childhood (

new

born

will b

e prov

ided

with

with

iod

ine; o

nly

35%

iodin

ized

salt;

-Hea

lth D

ept.

to p

re-f

irst

gra

der

s)su

fficient iod

ine

in the

northea

stern

(2)

Thyro

pri

via

am

ong n

ewborn

-All

health service

to r

ecei

ve

continuous

in foo

d.region

do

so.

will be

reduce

d t

o les

s th

an 3

%.

institu

tions

all-r

ound d

evel

opm

ent

- Aroun

d 20

% o

f all

By 2

016, th

e above

targ

ets

will be

Support

ing B

odie

s

of

quality

in a

ccord

newbo

rn in

reach

ed t

hro

ugh t

he

follow

ing

-Gov

ernm

ent Ph

armac

eutic

alw

ith t

hei

r age.

2007

-200

8m

easu

res:

Organ

ization

in T

haila

nd w

ere

1)Fo

od a

nd D

rug

Adm

inistra

tion

will

-Fo

od a

nd D

rug

thyrop

rivic. (M

edical

oversee

stan

dard for iod

inized

salt

Adm

inistra

tion

Scienc

es D

epartm

ent)

prod

uctio

n, a

nd w

ill e

nsure

-M

edical S

cien

ces Dep

t.rig

orou

s an

d co

ntinuo

usen

forcem

ent of relev

ant lega

lprov

isions

;2)

Hou

seho

lds will u

se iod

inized

salt

for ch

ildrenûs nu

tritio

n in

observan

ce o

f the

stan

dard set b

yM

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

as

anno

unce

d;3)

Closely o

bserve

and

mon

itor iodine

cons

umption

for ex

pecting

mothe

rs,

newbo

rn a

nd tho

se in

early

child

hood

;


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

4)Increa

se leg

al m

easu

res to e

nsure

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

use

of iod

inized

salt in a

nimal

agen

cies

feed

ind

ustry

; an

d-Hea

lth D

ept.

5)Internationa

l-stand

ard

salt

iodiza

tion

-M

edical S

cien

ces Dep

t.will b

e requ

ired

of p

rodu

cers o

f-M

inistry

of Indu

stry

salt

for co

nsum

ption, w

ith state

-M

inistry

of Agriculture

supp

ort for proc

urem

ent of the

and

Coo

perativ

esne

cessary

equipm

ent.

Support

ing B

odie

s

-All

health service

institu

tions

-Fo

od a

nd D

rug

Adm

inistra

tion

-M

edical S

cien

ces Dep

t.

2. A

ll ex

pecting

In 2

000-

2007

,2.2

T

arg

et: T

hro

ugh t

he

follow

ing

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

mothe

rs w

ill b

e71

.2% o

f ex

pecting

mea

sure

s, 9

0%

of

expec

ting

agen

cies

prov

ided

with

mothe

rs d

id n

otm

oth

ers

will re

ceiv

e su

ffic

ient

-Hea

lth D

ept.

sufficient iod

ine

inrece

ive

sufficient

iodin

e duri

ng p

regnancy

(M

ean o

f-Gov

ernm

ent Ph

armac

eutic

alfood

, su

pplemen

ted

iodine

; the

mea

n of

iodin

e le

vel

in p

regnant

wom

enûs

Organ

ization

with

iod

ine

tablets.

iodine

lev

el in

their

uri

ne

is in t

he

range

of

150-2

49

-All

health service

urine

was sub

-stand

ard.

mic

rogra

mm

es p

er litre

):institu

tions

(Hea

lth D

epartm

ent)

1)As the

main

mea

sure, ex

pecting

Support

ing B

odie

s

mothe

rs w

ill c

onsu

me

iodinize

d-Nationa

l Hea

lth S

ecurity

salt

in foo

d in o

bserva

nce

of the

Office

(NHSO

), Th

ailand

stan

dard set b

y the

Ministry

of

Public H

ealth

as an

noun

ced;


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

2)As a

supp

ortin

g mea

sure,

Gov

ernm

ent Ph

armac

eutic

alOrgan

ization

will p

rodu

ce iod

ine

supp

lemen

t tablets fo c

ontin

uous

distrib

ution

natio

nwide;

3)All

health service

ins

titutions

will

observe

the

rights an

d ac

crue

dbe

nefit

s of e

xpec

ting

mothe

rsthroug

h co

ntinuo

us d

istri

butio

n of

suffi

cien

t iodine

sup

plem

ent tablets;

4)La

unch

cam

paigns

and

mak

earrang

emen

ts for e

xpec

ting

mothe

rsto rec

eive

prena

tal ca

re right from

early

pregn

ancy

;5)

Closely o

bserve

and

mon

itor

expe

cting

mothe

rsû iodine

cons

umption; a

nd6)

Con

duct a

resea

rch

projec

t on

expe

cting

mothe

rsû co

nsum

ption

ofiodine

sup

plem

ent tablets in o

rder

to a

ssess the

situation

and

determ

ine

the

nece

ssity

to

continue

with

the

sup

plem

entary m

easu

re.


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

3. A

ll brea

stfeed

ing

Lack

of inform

ation

2.3

) T

arg

et: T

hro

ugh t

he

follow

ing

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

mothe

rs d

uring

the

on b

reastfe

eding

mea

sure

s all b

reast

feed

ing

agen

cies

first 6

mon

ths will

mothe

rsû ac

cess to

moth

ers

will re

ceiv

e su

ffic

ient

-Hea

lth D

ept.

the

prov

ider w

ithiodine

iodin

e duri

ng t

he

firs

t 6 m

onth

s-Gov

ernm

ent Ph

armac

eutic

alsu

fficient iod

ine

in1)

All

will c

onsu

me

iodinize

d salt

Organ

ization

food

sup

plem

ent with

in foo

d in o

bserva

nce

of the

-All

health service

oidine

tab

lets

stan

dard set b

y the

Ministry

of

institu

tions

Public H

ealth

as an

noun

ced;

Support

ing b

odie

2)All

will rec

eive

iod

ine

supp

lemen

t-Th

ai B

reastfe

eding

Cen

ter

tablets from

provinc

ial pu

blic

health o

ffices, Hea

lth B

urea

u of

Ban

gkok

Metropo

litan

Adm

inistra

tion

and

Patta

ya C

ity;

and

3)Con

duct a

resea

rch

projec

t on

these

brea

stfeed

ing

mothe

rsû

cons

umption

of iod

ine

supp

lemen

ttablets in o

rder to

assess the

situation

and

determ

ine

the

nece

ssity

to

continue

with

the

supp

lemen

tary m

easu

re.


Strategy 3:

Early childhood rearing




Goal: All those in early childhood (newborn to pre-first graders) will

receive upbringing of quality for all-round development in accord

with their age.

Definition: Early childhood rearing means continuous close attention

of parents, guardians, childcare providers and teachers to the

childrenûs upbringing in various aspects: well-being, health, safety;

interaction through chatting, playing and educating with loving

kindness, so that the children will grow up through all-round

development in accord with their age.


Strategy 3: Early childhood rearing

Goal ProblemPolicy

All those in earlychildhood (newborn topre-first graders) willreceive upbringing ofquality for all-rounddevelopment in accordwith their age.


- Parents/guardians lack knowledge;do not devote sufficient time forearly childhood rearing; nor havethey been prepared for parent-hood.

- Insufficient income of poorfamilies prevents rearing of quality.

- Working parents, especially thoseaway from home, are unable totake care of the childrenthemselves, and consequently haveto entrust childcare to thegrandparents/ relatives; 19.3% ofthe children do not live with theirparents and the percentage is ashigh as 25.6% in thenortheastern region.

- Child rearing through positivedisciplining is not extensive;parents, guardians and teachers donot appreciate positive discipliningas yet, and still resort to severedisciplinary measures.

- Mass media and communityorganizations have not widelyrecognized the importance ofearly childhood development,community environment isconsequently not conducive tosuch development.



3.1 Target: Parents/guardians will have knowledge and skills in promoting child development through


1) Prepare a manual on early childhood development, rearing methodology, and activity guidelinesin accord with the childrenûs age for the benefits of parents, guardians, childcare providers andteachers;

2) Provide training on child rearing and development in accord with the childrenûs age for thebenefits of the newlyweds, expecting mothers and husbands receiving prenatal care; and provideperiodic check-ups for the children;

3) Disseminate child rearing information in local languages for easy understanding;4) Personnel development, both officials and local volunteers, for providing support and visits to

children and childcare providers at home; and5) In the lower secondary education curricula, include learning area of family studies and skills in

providing care for children and the elderly.

3.2 Target: Parents/guardians will have capacities and supporting resources for child rearing and

developmental strengthening through the following measures:

1) Policy for providing parents with funding support for child rearing especially for those in thepoorest population group; and

2) Projects in support of parents with special needs or those in difficult situations e.g. teenageparents, female inmates and young girls in welfare institutions, remand homes etc..

3.3 Target: Working parents will have more time for looking after their children through the

following measures:

1) Encourage mothers to benefit from maternity leave as stipulated in the legal provisions;2) Expedite legislation on paternal leave, thus allowing fathers to also provide postnatal care;3) Provide or support provision of daytime services for developmental childcare for toddlers while

the parents are at work; such services should be offered in workplaces capable of providingcommendable childcare; and

4) Measures/projects in support of grandparents entrusted to take care of their grandchildren, whowill thus be well taken care of.

3.4 Target: Families adopt positive disciplining in child rearing more extensively through the

following measures:

1) Educate parents on child rearing through positive disciplining and reasoning instead of criticism,reprimand, threat, physical punishment and harm;

2) Launch campaigns and disseminate information on positive disciplining through mass mediaas well as strengthen such movements through social media; and

3) Strengthen knowledge, attitudes and skills of personnel concerned on positive disciplining, so asto be able to serve as role models and provide parents with useful advice.


Str

ate

gy 3

: E

arl

y c

hildhood r

eari

ng

Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

Urgen

t mea

sures for

All

thos

e in e

arly

- Pa

rents/gu

ardian

s3.1

Targ

et: Pare

nts

/guard

ians

will

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

all t

hose

in e

arl

ych

ildho

od (ne

wbo

rn to

lack

kno

wledg

e; d

o no

thave

know

ledge

and s

kills

in

agen

cies

childhood (

new

born

pre-fir

st g

rade

rs) will

devo

te suffic

ient tim

epro

moting c

hild d

evel

opm

ent

-M

inistry

of So

cial

to p

re-f

irst

gra

der

s)rece

ive

upbringing

of

for ea

rly c

hildho

odth

rough t

he

follow

ing m

easu

res:

Dev

elop

men

t an

d Hum

anto

rec

eive

continuous

quality

for a

ll-roun

drearing; n

or h

ave

they

1)Pr

epare

a man

ual on

early

Secu

rity

all-r

ound d

evel

opm

ent

deve

lopm

ent in a

ccord

been

prepa

red

for

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t, rearing

-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

of

quality

in a

ccord

with

the

ir ag

e.pa

rentho

od.

metho

dology

, and

activity

guide

lines

(Hea

lth D

ept., M

ental

with t

hei

r age.

in a

ccord

with

the

childrenûs ag

eHea

lth D

ept., M

edical

for the

bene

fits of p

aren

ts,

Scienc

es D

ept., O

ffice

ofgu

ardian

s, ch

ildca

re p

rovide

rsthe

Perm

anen

t Se

cretary)

and

teac

hers;

-Office

of the

Edu

catio

n2)

Prov

ide

training

on c

hild rea

ring

Cou

ncil

and

deve

lopm

ent in a

ccord

with

-Office

of the

Basic

the

child

renûs ag

e for the

bene

fits

Educ

ation

Com

mission

of the

new

lywed

s, ex

pecting

-Distri

ct o

ffices, Ban

gkok

mothe

rs a

nd h

usba

nds rece

iving

Metropo

litan

Adm

inist

ratio

npren

atal c

are; a

nd p

rovide

periodic

chec

k-up

s for the

child

ren;

3)Disseminate

child

rea

ring

Support

ing B

odie

s

inform

ation

in loc

al lan

guag

es-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

for ea

sy u

nderstan

ding

;orga

niza

tions


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

4)Pe

rson

nel de

velopm

ent,

both

-CSR

(private

busine

ssoffic

ials a

nd loc

al v

olun

teers,

corporations

)for prov

iding

supp

ort an

d visits

-Ed

ucationa

l institu

tions

to c

hildren

and

child

care p

rovide

rs-Unive

rsities

at h

ome; a

nd-Th

ai H

ealth

Promotion

5)In the

low

er sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

Foun

datio

ncu

rricula, inc

lude

lea

rning

area

of

-M

inistry

of Ed

ucation

family

studies a

nd skills

in

(Office

of the

Basic

prov

iding

care for c

hildren

and

Educ

ation

Com

mission

,the

elde

rly.

Office

of the

Voc

ationa

lEd

ucation

Com

mission

,Office

of the

Non

-Formal

and

Inform

al E

duca

tion

Com

mission

, Office

ofBoy

Sco

ut a

nd G

irlGuide

Affairs)

-M

inistry

of Ju

stice

-M

ass med

ia a

ndco

mmun

ication

and

inform

ation

med

ia-Roy

al C

ollege

of

Paed

iatri

cian

s of T

haila

nd-Nationa

l Institu

te for C

hild

and

Family

Dev

elop

men

t-M

inistry

of La

bour


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

- Insu

fficient inc

ome

3.2

Targ

et: Pare

nts

/guard

ians

will

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

of p

oor families

have

capaci

ties

and s

upport

ing

agen

cy

prev

ents rea

ring

reso

urc

es f

or

child r

eari

ng a

nd

Office

of the

Nationa

lof q

uality.

dev

elopm

enta

l st

rength

enin

gEc

onom

ic a

nd S

ocial

thro

ugh t

he

follow

ing m

easu

res:

Dev

elop

men

t Boa

rd1)

Polic

y for prov

iding

parents with

Support

ing B

odie

s

fund

ing

supp

ort for ch

ild rea

ring,

-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

espe

cially for tho

se in

the

poorest

-M

inistry

of So

cial

popu

latio

n grou

p; a

ndDev

elop

men

t an

d Hum

an2)

Projec

ts in

supp

ort of p

aren

ts w

ithSe

curit

ysp

ecial ne

eds or tho

se in

difficult

situations

e.g. teen

age

parents,

female

inmates a

nd y

oung

girl

s in

welfare ins

titutions

, reman

dho

mes e

tc..

- W

orking

paren

ts,

3.3

Targ

et: W

ork

ing p

are

nts

will

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

espe

cially tho

se a

way

have

more

tim

e fo

r lo

okin

g a

fter

agen

cies

from

hom

e, a

re u

nable

thei

r ch

ildre

n t

hro

ugh t

he

-Pu

blic a

nd p

rivate

to tak

e ca

re o

f the

follow

ing m

easu

res:

orga

niza

tions

child

ren

them

selves,

1)En

courag

e mothe

rs to

bene

fit from

-M

inistry

of So

cial

and

cons

eque

ntly h

ave

maternity lea

ve a

s stipulated

in

the

Dev

elop

men

t an

dto e

ntrust c

hildca

relega

l prov

isions

;Hum

an S

ecurity


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

to the

grand

parents/

2)Ex

pedite leg

islatio

n on

paternity

-M

inistry

of P

ublic

Hea

lthrelativ

es; 19

.3%

leav

e, thu

s allowing

fathers to

-M

inistry

of La

bour

of the

children

do n

otalso

provide

pos

tnatal c

are;

-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

live

with

the

ir pa

rents

3)Pr

ovide

or sup

port

prov

ision

oforga

niza

tions

and

the

percen

tage

daytim

e services for d

evelop

men

tal

Support

ing B

odie

s

is a

s high

as 25

.6%

child

care for tod

dlers while the

-M

ass med

ia a

ndin the

northea

stern

parents are

at w

ork; suc

h services

commun

ication

and

region

.sh

ould b

e offered

in w

orkp

lace

sinform

ation

med

iaca

pable

of p

roviding

com

men

dable

-M

inistry

of Indu

stry

child

care; an

d(Ind

ustri

al e

states)

4)M

easu

res/projec

ts in

supp

ort of

gran

dparen

ts e

ntrusted

to

take

care

of the

ir gran

dchildren, w

ho w

illthus

be

well take

n ca

re o

f.

- Ch

ild rea

ring

throug

h3.4

Targ

et: Fam

ilie

s adopt

posi

tive

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

positiv

e disciplin

ing

isdis

ciplinin

g in c

hild r

eari

ng m

ore

agen

cies

not ex

tens

ive; p

aren

ts,

exte

nsi

vel

y t

hro

ugh t

he

follow

ing

-Office

of the

Edu

catio

ngu

ardian

s an

d teac

hers

mea

sure

s:Cou

ncil

do n

ot a

ppreciate

1)Ed

ucate

parents on

child rea

ring

-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

positiv

e disciplin

ing

throug

h po

sitiv

e disciplin

ing

and

-Office

of the

Basic

as y

et, an

d still resort

reason

ing

instea

d of c

riticism,

Educ

ation

Com

mission

to sev

ere

disciplin

ary

reprim

and, threa

t, ph

ysical

-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

mea

sures.

punish

men

t an

d ha

rm;

orga

niza

tions


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

2)La

unch

cam

paigns

and

disseminate

Support

ing B

odie

s

inform

ation

on p

ositive

disciplining

-M

inistry

of So

cial

throug

h mass med

ia a

s well as

Dev

elop

men

t an

d Hum

anstreng

then

suc

h mov

emen

tsSe

curit

ythroug

h so

cial m

edia; an

d-Qua

lity

Learning

3)Streng

then

kno

wledg

e, a

ttitude

sFo

unda

tion

and

skills of p

erso

nnel c

once

rned

-Th

ai H

ealth

Promotion

on p

ositive

disciplining, so

asFo

unda

tion

to b

e ab

le to

serve

as role

mod

els

-Roy

al C

ollege

of

and

prov

ide

parents with

useful

Paed

iatri

cian

s of T

haila

ndad

vice

.-Nationa

l Institu

te for C

hild

and

Family

Dev

elop

men

t-M

inistry

of Ed

ucation

-M

ass med

ia a

ndco

mmun

ication

and

inform

ation

med

ia-M

inistry

of La

bour

-M

inistry

of Ju

stice

-Unive

rsities

-Pr

ivate

sector o

rgan

izations


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

- M

ass med

ia a

nd3.5

Targ

et: Soci

ety a

nd p

ertinen

tPri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

commun

itym

edia

will co

ntr

ibute

to c

reation o

fagen

cies

orga

niza

tions

hav

e no

ten

vir

onm

ent

conduci

ve

to e

arl

y-M

inistry

of Ed

ucation

widely

reco

gnized

the

childhood d

evel

opm

ent

thro

ugh

(Office

of the

Edu

catio

nim

porta

nce

of e

arly

the

follow

ing m

easu

res:

Cou

ncil, O

ffice

of the

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t,1)

Prod

uctio

n of c

reative

med

ia for

Private

Educ

ation

commun

ity e

nviro

nmen

tthos

e in e

arly c

hildho

od, pa

rents

Com

mission

, Office

ofis c

onsequ

ently

not

and

child

care p

rovide

rs; mon

itorin

gthe

Basic E

duca

tion

cond

ucive

to suc

hto e

nsure

bene

ficial ap

plication

Com

mission

)de

velopm

ent.

of c

reative

med

ia b

y ch

ild-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

deve

lopm

ent ce

ntres,

scho

ols an

d(H

ealth

Dep

t., M

ental

differen

t mass med

ia, focu

sing

in

Hea

lth D

ept.)

parti

cular on

TV b

road

casting;

-Unive

rsities

2)Dissemination

of m

odel m

etho

ds-Lo

cal ad

ministra

tion

for ea

rly c

hildho

od rea

ring, w

hich

orga

niza

tions

take

into

acco

unt ch

ildrenûs na

ture

-Pr

ivate

sector o

rgan

izations

in the

con

text o

f Th

ai soc

iety;

-Th

ai H

ealth

Promotion

supp

ort prov

ision

of c

reative

spac

eFo

unda

tion

in c

ommun

ity for the

childrenûs

-M

ass med

ia a

ndbe

nefit

s;co

mmun

ication

and

inform

ation

med

ia


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

3)Com

mun

ication

and

coop

eration

-Pu

blic R

elations

Dep

t.be

twee

n ho

mes a

nd sch

ools/child

and

Thai P

BS

deve

lopm

ent ce

ntres for instilling

-Tr

aining

ins

titutions

for

basic

moral a

nd e

thical v

alue

s, an

dteac

hers a

nd c

hildca

reprev

entin

g an

d so

lving

beha

viou

ral,

prov

iders

men

tal an

d so

cial p

roblem

s, so

as

Support

ing B

odie

s

to stre

ngthen

app

ropriate

-M

inistry

of So

cial

deve

lopm

ent in a

ll aspe

cts; a

ndDev

elop

men

t an

d Hum

an4)

Organ

ization

of tea

ching-learning

Secu

rity

activ

ities a

ppropriate to

the

-Qua

lity

Learning

child

renûs all-r

ound

dev

elop

men

t;Fo

unda

tion

these

activ

ities w

ill b

e orga

nize

d-Roy

al C

ollege

of

in o

rder o

f priorit

y, step

by step

Paed

iatri

cian

s of T

haila

ndan

d go

on

a co

ntinuo

us b

asis; no

-Nationa

l Institu

te for C

hild

negligen

ce w

hich

is de

trimen

tal

and

Family

Dev

elop

men

tto the

childrenûs safety a

nd-M

inistry

of La

bour

deprives the

m o

f learning

-M

inistry

of Ju

stice

oppo

rtunitie

s.-M

inistry

of Culture

-Religious

organ

izations

-W

omen

ûs n

etworks

-Pa

rent-te

ache

r asso

ciations


Strategy 4:

Mechanism for early childhood development




Goals:

1. Follow-up and monitoring of measures prescribed by each

ministry to ensure harmonization with government policy

and decisions of the National Committee for Early Childhood

Development (NCECD);

2. By 2016, all provincial committees will be established; and

3. Set up a system for database on early childhood, data survey and

research activities, which will be useful for effective planning

and monitoring as well as assessing situations.

Definition: Mechanism for early childhood development includes the

National Committee for Early Childhood Development and the

Sub-Committee for Advancing Strategy for Early Childhood

Development, serving a Think Tank and coordinating with

local agencies for translation of policies into practices at area/

provincial level.


Strategy 4: Early childhood rearing

Goal ProblemPolicy

1. Follow-up andmonitoring of measuresprescribed by eachministry to ensureharmonization withgovernment policy anddecisions of the NationalCommittee for EarlyChildhood Development(NCECD).

2. By 2016, allprovincial committeeswill be established.

3. Set up a system fordatabase on earlychildhood, data surveyand research activities,which will be useful foreffective planning andmonitoring as well asassessing situations.


- Agencies in charge of follow-upand monitoring have not beenofficially designated/established;no unity in administration of earlychildhood development affairs;performance reports do notsufficiently focus on outcome andbenefits for children.

- No local organizations directlyresponsible for addressing issueson early childhood developmentas yet.

- Lack of data for effectiveplanning and management of earlychildhood development, especiallylack of categorized data reflectingsituations of disadvantagedgroups; consequent-by, it has beendifficult to plan specific projectsin support of these groups.



4.1 Target: Follow-up and monitoring of achievements of various ministries and agencies for

perception of changes, based on prescribed indicators through the following measures:

1) Sub-Committee for Advancing Strategy for Early Childhood Development follows-up andmonitors implementation of the various measures set; and

2) Principal agencies report on achievements and outcome, based on prescribed indicators.

4.2 Target: Promoting establishment of committees responsible for early childhood development at

provincial, district and tambon levels

At the provincial level, the Sub-Committee of the NCCYD will have its responsibilities expandedto include early childhood development at local level, with the requirement to submit reports on itsperformance to the NCCYD at least once a year.


Str

ate

gy 4

: E

arl

y c

hildhood r

eari

ng

Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

Urgen

t mea

sures for

1. F

ollow-up

and

- Age

ncies in c

harge

4.1

Targ

et: Follow

-up a

nd

Office

of the

Edu

catio

nall t

hose

in e

arl

ymon

itorin

g of m

easu

res

of follow-up

and

monitori

ng o

f ach

ievem

ents

of

Cou

ncil

serves a

s secretariat

childhood (

new

born

prescribed

by

each

mon

itorin

g ha

ve n

otvari

ous

min

istr

ies

and a

gen

cies

of the

Sub

-Com

mittee

for

to p

re-f

irst

gra

der

s)ministry

to

ensu

rebe

en o

fficially

for

per

ception o

f ch

anges

, base

dAdv

ancing

Stra

tegy

for E

arly

to r

ecei

ve

continuous

harm

onization

with

design

ated

/estab

lishe

d;on p

resc

ribed

indic

ato

rs t

hro

ugh

Childho

od D

evelop

men

t;all-r

ound d

evel

opm

ent

gove

rnmen

t po

licy

and

no u

nity in

the

follow

ing m

easu

res:

emph

asis w

ill b

e mad

e on

of

quality

in a

ccord

decision

s of the

administra

tion

of e

arly

1)Su

b-Com

mittee

for A

dvan

cing

such

issue

s to b

e includ

edw

ith t

hei

r age.

Nationa

l Com

mittee

child

hood

dev

elop

men

tStrategy

for E

arly C

hildho

odin the

periodic

repo

rtsfor Ea

rly C

hildho

odaffairs

; pe

rforman

ceDev

elop

men

t follo

ws-up

and

to b

e su

bmitted

to

the

Dev

elop

men

t (N

CECD

).repo

rts d

o no

tmon

itors implem

entatio

n of the

Sub-Com

mittee

by

sufficiently foc

us o

nva

rious

mea

sures set;

and

resp

onsible

ministri

es/

outcom

e an

d be

nefit

s2)

Principa

l ag

encies rep

ort on

agen

cies.

for ch

ildren.

achiev

emen

ts a

nd o

utco

me, b

ased

on p

rescrib

ed ind

icators.

2. B

y 20

16,

- No

loca

l organ

izations

4.2

Targ

et: Pro

moting e

stablish

men

tNationa

l Com

mittee

for

all prov

incial

directly respo

nsible for

of

com

mitte

es r

esponsi

ble

for

Children

and

You

thco

mmittee

s will b

ead

dressing

issue

s on

earl

y c

hildhood d

evel

opm

ent

at

Dev

elop

men

t (N

CCYD)

establishe

d.ea

rly c

hildho

odpro

vin

cial, d

istr

ict

and t

am

bon

deve

lopm

ent as y

et.

level

s


Policy

Goal

Pro

ble

mT

arg

et a

nd o

per

ational guid

elin

ePri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

agen

cy / s

upport

ing b

ody

At the

prov

incial lev

el, the

Sub-Com

mittee

of the

NCCYD

will h

ave

its respo

nsibilitie

s ex

pand

edto inc

lude

early c

hildho

od d

evelop

men

tat loc

al lev

el, with

the

req

uiremen

tto sub

mit

repo

rts o

n its

perform

ance

to the

NCCYD a

t least on

ce a

yea

r.

3. S

et u

p a

syste

m for

- La

ck o

f da

ta for

4.3

T

arg

et: Set

up r

elia

ble

data

Pri

nci

pal re

sponsi

ble

databa

se o

n ea

rlyeffective

plan

ning

and

syst

em t

o s

upport

pla

nnin

g,

agen

cies

child

hood

, da

ta surve

yman

agem

ent of e

arly

monitori

ng a

nd e

valu

ation t

hro

ugh

-M

inistry

of Inform

ation

and

research

activities,

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t,th

e fo

llow

ing m

easu

res:

and

Com

mun

ication

which

will b

e us

eful

espe

cially lac

k of

1)Su

pport su

rvey

on

child

renûs da

taTe

chno

logy

(Nationa

lfor effective

plan

ning

catego

rized

data

with

ana

lyses ba

sed

on p

opulation

Statistic

s Office)

and

mon

itorin

grefle

cting

situations

of

grou

p, a

rea

and

family

status e.g.

Support

ing B

odie

s

as w

ell as a

ssessing

disadv

antage

d grou

ps;

MIC

S, d

ata

survey

on

child

ren

-M

inistry

of Interio

rsituations

.co

nseq

uently, it

has

and

youth;

-M

inistry

of E

duca

tion

been

diff

icult to p

lan

2)Se

t up

datab

ase

system

on

early

-M

inistry

of Pu

blic H

ealth

spec

ific

projec

ts in

child

hood

, integrating

perti

nent

supp

ort of the

seda

ta from a

ll sectors; a

ndgrou

ps.

3)Ana

lyse situ

ations

on

early

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t; co

nduc

tresearch

or su

rvey

on

prev

alen

ceof k

nowledg

e, p

erce

ptions

, attitud

esan

d prac

tices reg

arding

early

child

hood

dev

elop

men

t in T

haila

nd.


Order of the National Committee on Early Childhood Development

No 1/2551

Subject: Appointment of the Sub-Committee to Drive Forth

the Strategy for Early Childhood Development

With a view to efficiently driving forth the strategy and planning

for early childhood development, leading to concrete accomplishments and

benefits desired,

By virtue of Section 8 (6) of the Regulation of the Office of

the Prime Minister on Early Childhood Development 2008, there

shall be established a Sub-Committee to Drive Forth the Strategy for

Early Childhood Development. Membership and powers and duties of the

Sub-Committee are as follows:

1. Membership

1.1 Mrs. Saisuree Chutikul Chairperson

1.2 Assoc.Prof. Nichara Ruangdaraganon Member

1.3 Miss.Woranart Raksakuthai Member

1.4 Mrs. Siripon Kanshana Member

1.5 Prof. Sirikul Isaranurak Member

1.6 Mr.Yongyud Wongpiromsarn Member

1.7 Miss. Ratanotai Plubrukarn Member

1.8 Assoc.Prof.Nittaya Kotchabhakdi Member

1.9 Assoc.Prof.Sirote Pholpuntin Member


1.10 Mr. Somporn Chibangyang Member

1.11 Mrs. Subhawadee Harnmethee Member

1.12 Mrs. Suthathip Thajchayapong Member

1.13 Assoc.Prof. Sompong Chitradub Member

1.14 Mr. Sanphasit Koompraphant Member

1.15 Mrs.Panpimol Wipulakorn Member

1.16 Asst.Prof. Usanee Anuruthwong Member

1.17 Director, Educational Standards Member and Secretary

and Learning Development Bureau

1.18 Mrs. Tipsuda Sumethsenee Member and Assistant

Secretary

2. Powers and duties

2.1 To draft operating plans of the National Committee on

Early Childhood Development 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012;

2.2 To submit research project proposals on early childhood

development; and

2.3 To carry out other tasks assigned.

Effective as of this date.

Given on November 10, 2008

Sgd. Chaovarat Charnvirakul

(Mr.Chaovarat Charnvirakul)

Deputy Prime Minister

Chairman of the National Committee

On Early Childhood Development


Agencies Responsibal for Preparation

of the National Strategic Plan

for Early Childhood Development

(Newborn to Pre-First Graders)

In Accordance With the Government Policy 2012 - 2016

1. Ministry of Social Development and Human Security

1) Department of Social Development and Welfare

2) Office of Welfare Promotion, Protection and Empowerment of

Vulnerable Groups

3) Office of Womenûs Affairs and Family Development

2. Ministry of Public Health

1) Department of Health

2) Department of Mental Health

3. Ministry of Interior

- Bureau of Local Cooperation and Development

Department of Local Administration

4. Ministry of Education

1) Office of The Basic Education Commission

- Bureau of Academic Affairs and Educational Standards

2) Office of the Permanent Secretary

- Office of the Private Education Commission

3) Office of the Education Council

- Education Standards and Learning Development Bureau


5. Ministry of Labour

- Department of Labour Protection and Welfare

6. Ministry of Culture

- Office of the Surveillance Cultures

Office of the Permanent Secretary

7. Ministry of Justice

- Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection

8. Ministry of Industry

- Bureau of Policy and Strategy

Office of the Permanent Secretary

9. Royal Thai Police

- Border Patrol Police Bureau

10. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

1) Department of Social Development

2) Department of Education

11. Private Sector and Non Governmental Organizations

1) United Nations Childrenûs Fund (UNICEF Thailand Country Office)

2) Thai Breastfeeding Center


Project Advisor

1. Dr. Saisuree Chutikul

2. Dr. Anek Permvongseni Secretary-General of The Education

Council

3. Mrs. Tipsuda Sumethsenee Director of Education Standards

and Learning Development

Bureau

Translated By

Mrs. Srinoi Povatong

Edited By

Assoc.Professor Dr. Nichara Ruangdaraganon

Scholar Member of the National

Committee for Early Childhood Care

and Development

Officers responsible for the Project

1. Mrs. Arunsri Laongkaeo Education Officer,

Senior Professional Level

2. Ms. Somporn Promdee Education Officer,

Professional Level

3. Ms. Kornkamol Chungsamran Education Officer,

Professional Level

4. Ms. Maneerat Krungsaenmuang Education Officer,

Practitioner Level

Typed By

Mrs. Nitchakamon Duangman Education Officer,

Professional Level

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