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Early Childhood
Development (ECD)
includes all the supports necessary for every child to realize his or
her right to survival, to protection, and to care that will ensure his
or her optimal development from conception to age eight (Early Childhood
Counts, 2001)
(Note: In the scope
of this TA, early childhood refers to the period of children up to 6
years old)
Early Childhood
Care and Education (ECCE)
is the general term for the education of children before primary school,
reflecting activities that can take place in a formal setting, such as
pre-school or nursery school or a kindergarten environment, in
non-formal child care settings, or at home between parent and child.
ECCE is meant to support children’s optimal development in an
integrated, holistic manner, by focusing on skills in a variety of
social, emotional, and cognitive domains that prepare children for
learning, their transition to primary school, and the society in which
they live.
Care practices:
Family and community care practices (or human capital-seeking behavior)
refer to what people do to ensure that a child to reaches his or her
full potential. This includes actions taken by households for the
survival, growth, development and protection of children, as well as the
use ECD services. Care practices include home health practices and use
of health services, home hygiene practices and use of water and
sanitation, infant and young child feeding, including breastfeeding and
food preparation, psychosocial care and use of childcare services, and
care and protection of girls and women.
ECD investments
represent a set of interventions that are targeted to a specific age
group (i.e., children aged 0-5 years and their parents).
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