Early Childhood Education Global ConferenceMumbai, India
15 December 2011
THE GROWING AWARENESS OF QUALITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
IN ASIA
Sally May TanChief Executive Officer
Knowledge Universe South East Asia
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees;
if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius
Factors at play affecting access and quality of ECE
Issue of responsibility
Policy and Infrastructur
eSupport
Supporting parents in
positive family care practices
The 2008 EFA* Global Monitoring Report stated that only 53% of the world’s countries have
ECE programmes for children under 3.
Image source: blogspot.com* Education For All
Around the world…
67 million children of primary-school age out of school
17% of the world’s adults (793 million people, two- thirds are women) still lack basic literacy skills.
2 million more teachers need to be recruited and trained by 2015 to achieve universal primary education
Source: unesco.org
What research tells us ...
“Rate of return of a dollar invested while a person is young is higher
than the rate of return of the same dollar made at a later age.” James Heckman
Nobel Laureate, Economist
The Education for All (EFA) goals focus on the need to provide learning opportunities at every stage in life, from infancy to adulthood.
Image source: unesco.org
Goal #1 Expanding and improving comprehensive early
childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children
Image source: unesco.org
Goal #2 Ensuring that by 2015 all children, particularly girls,
children in difficult circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to, and complete, free and
compulsory primary education of good quality.Image source: huffingtonpost.com
Goal #3 Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate
learning and life-skills programmes
Goal #4 Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable
access to basic and continuing education for all adults.
Goal #5 Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary
education by 2005, and achieving gender equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring girls full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of
good quality.
Goal #6 Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring
excellence so that recognised and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy,
numeracy and essential life skills.
“The mandate to improve all aspects of the quality of education is largely dependent on the quality of the content; and for more and better trained teachers...”
UNESCO EFA Monitoring Report 2005
Source: unesco.org
Terms used to denote Early Childhood Services and Age Ranges covered in South Asia
Definition and Age Ranges
ECCE (0-6 years), including an array of private and NGO-sponsored programmes, creches for
working mothers, and pre-primary section in schools (3-6 years)
SingaporeSouth-East Asia Sub-Region
Image source: theasiaparent.com; trueknowledge.com
• HDI for 2011 = 0.866
Very high human development categorySingapore
• Position = 26 out of 187 countries & territories • Life expectancy at birth increased by 9.5 years
• Mean years of schooling increased by 5.1 years
• GNI per capita increased by 273.0%
Source: undp.org
ChinaEast Asia Sub-Region
Medium human development category
•Han Chinese 91.5%, minorities and other nationalities 8.5%
•HDI for 2011 = 0.687
•Position = 101 out of 187 countries & territories
•Life expectancy at birth 74.68 years
•Mean years of schooling 7.5Sources: stateuniversity.com; lonelyplanet.com; wikipedia.org
China
Terms used to denote Early Childhood Services and Age Ranges covered in South Asia
Definition and Age Ranges
ECCE (0-6 years), including an array of private and NGO-sponsored programmes, creches for working
mothers, and pre-primary section in schools (3-6 years)
Sources: theasianparent.com; chinadigitaltimes.net
IndiaSouth Asia Sub-Region
•Population : approximately 1,198,003,000
•Ethnic groups : Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
•HDI for 2011 = 0.547
•Position = 134 out of 187 countries & territories
•Life expectancy at birth 64.4 years
•Mean years of schooling 4.4
Medium human development category
Sources: infoplease.com; trueknowledge.com; atimes.com
India
Terms used to denote Early Childhood Services and Age Ranges covered in South
Asia
Definition and Age Ranges
ECCE (0-6 years), including an array of private and NGO-sponsored programmes, creches for
working mothers, and pre-primary section in schools (3-6 years)
Sources: flickr.com; outlookindia.com
MalaysiaSouth-East Asia Sub-Region
•Population : 28.7 million
•Ethnic groups : Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8%
•HDI for 2011 = 0.761
•Position = 61 out of 187 countries & territories
•Life expectancy at birth at 73.79 years
•Mean years of schooling: 12.6
High human development category
Sources: altiusdirectory.com; indexmundi.com; undp.org; trueknowledge.com
Terms used to denote Early Childhood Services and Age Ranges covered in South
Asia
Definition and Age Ranges
ECCE (0-6 years), including an array of private and NGO-sponsored programmes,
creches for working mothers, and pre-primary section in schools (3-6 years)
Malaysia
Sources: unhcr.org; worldofstock.com
Images and Information Sources:•UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
-EFA Global Monitoring Report http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/2011-conflict/-Education For All (EFA) http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/-The Dakar Framework for Education http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001211/121147e.pdf-The Quality Imperative http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/2005-quality/
Early Learning Matters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8U96Q_x3qENurturing the Children. Help Them Bloom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ser1CA1yIChinese Migrant Children Given Opportunity to Attend School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV_0NdRAThcEarly Education in India http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FR7ZJJjP7oGiving an early boost to the next generation of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ivBr5YpZ-IChange the First Five Years and You Change Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSp88PBe9E
Credits
Cindy YewCurriculum Project ManagerKnowledge Universe
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