Three new insights that I have
gained about issues related to international early childhood education from the
UNESCO
web site are:
I didn’t
know that Vietnam had early childhood education are that all the teachers are
women.
VIET
NAM
Early Childhood Education
and Care (ECCE) programs
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Total number
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Of whom
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Percentage of
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Percentage of
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Percentage of
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of teachers
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female (%)
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trained
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trained
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trained
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teachers (all)
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teachers
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teachers
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(males)
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(females)
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123,517
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100
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75
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75
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Children enrolled in ECE Programs
Less than 3
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Age 3
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Age 4
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Age 5
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Age 6
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Age 7
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16
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62.6
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62.6
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92
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93.4
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In 1999, budget for early
childhood education was only 5.4% of the national budget
for education. From 2002, the
Government regulates that budget for early childhood
education must be at least 10% of
the national budget for education, however, only
18/64 provinces and cities have
been able to invest this much, there are still 17
provinces that provide only 5 to
7%, many other provinces don’t invest their budget
for early childhood education as
planned.
Holistic Early Childhood
Development Index
The
development of the Holistic Early Childhood Development Index was first
proposed at the World Conference of ECCE organized by UNESCO in September 2010,
in cooperation with the Russian Federation. At this conference, an action
agenda was adopted, entitled the Moscow Framework for Action and Cooperation:
Harnessing the Wealth of Nations.
This
action agenda called upon UNESCO “to convene a working group to explore the
development of an instrument capable of tracking progress towards EFA goal 1,
with particular attention to quality and the holistic aspects of ECCE.” UNESCO
is working with a wide range of partners to develop the Holistic Early
Childhood Development Index (HECDI).
In
June 2012, an important milestone was reached with the agreement of 6 core indicators:
health, nutrition, education, parent support, equity and social protection, and
alleviation of poverty.
UNESCO is now planning the
pilot phase, which will involve working closely with ten countries to use the
proposed indicators to holistically assess early childhood development.
Following the pilot, the estimated publication date of the HECDI technical
manual is in 2013.
The Memory of
the World exhibition is something I would love to see one day. I wonder if it
also tells the story of children in the older times.
"Memory of the
World" Exhibition
A pictorial exhibition of
collections and items listed on the Memory of the World Register, as well as a
selection from projects, contributing to preserving the documentary heritage of
humanity will be displayed on the fences of UNESCO's Fontenoy Building from 17
October to 14 November 2012.
The Memory of the World Programme was launched by UNESCO in 1992 in order to
protect precious documentary heritage items that were recorded from the
beginning of human existence up to the present. It includes events and
discoveries that have transformed the world. It tells of their triumphs and
finer moments as well as the horrors they have experienced. Documentary
heritage is recorded on audiotapes, woven into tapestries or handwritten in a
diary. It serves to transmit the histories of slaves or social group that no
longer exist to provide a better understanding of the world’s cultural
diversity.
It has been a pleasure
sharing with all of you during this class. I hope to have more classes with you
and wish you the best in your journey.
