Early Childhood Care and Development Standards (0-3 years)

[Pages:108]Early Childhood Care and Development

Standards (0-3 years)

March 2018

Early Childhood Care and Development Standards (0-3 years)

Early Childhood Care and Development

Standards (0-3 years)

March 2018

MINISTRY OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL

PROTECTION

? 2018 All rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced, as a whole or in part, provided that acknowledgement of the sources is made. Notification of such would be appreciated.

Published by: (UNICEF Ghana, Department of Children of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection)

Year (2018)

Design and Layout: (Glyphs Company Ltd).

Kanko Associates ? Consulting Team Mrs Mary Tobbin Osei (Lead Consultant)

Mr Kwami Edem Senanu Mr. Barima Akwasi Amankwaah

Mrs. Maevhis Tobbin

Early Childhood Care and Development Standards (0-3 years)

Contents

ACRONYMS

vi

FOREWORD

vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

viii

1 BACKGROUND

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1.1 Introduction

1

1.2 How the Standards were Developed

2

1.3 What is the ECCD Standard Used and not Used for?

3

1.4 Who can use ECCDs?

4

1.5 The Purpose of the Standard

4

2 NATIONAL CONTEXT FOR THE STANDARDS

5

3 DEFINITION OF TERMS

7

3.1 Categorisation of Children

9

4 VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

11

5 WHO HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD, 0 ? 3 YEARS?

13

6 DEVELOPMENT DOMAINS AND SUBDOMAINS

19

6.1 Delayed or Impaired Development in Early Childhood

24

7 THE STANDARDS MATRIX AND SPOTLIGHTS

25

8 OVERARCHING STRATEGIES

75

8.1 Education And Advocacy

75

8.2 Service Delivery

76

8.3 Capacity Building

78

8.4 Integrated Multi-Sectorial Programming/Approach

78

9 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

81

10 ANNEXES 1: STANDARDS FOR ECCD SERVICES

83

11 REFERENCES

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Early Childhood Care and Development Standards (0-3 years)

ACRONYMS

CBO CRI CSO DOC ECCD ECCDS GES GHS KMC MDA MMDA MOE MoGCSP NCCE NECC NGOs SEN UNFPA UNICEF WASH

Community Based Organisations Child Rights International Civil Society Organisations Department of Children Early Childhood Care and Development Early Childhood Care and Development Standards Ghana Education Service Ghana Health Service Kangaroo Mother Care Ministries, Departments and Agencies Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies Ministry of Education Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection National Commission on Civic Education National ECCD Coordinating Committee Non-Governmental Organizations Special Educational Needs United Nations Population Fund United Nations Children's Fund Water Sanitation and Hygiene

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