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http://ecde.aau.edu.et/jspui/handle/123456789/223| Title: | Civil Societies’ Services and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons from Pilot Programs by Belay Tefera and Teka Zewdie |
| Authors: | Belay Tefera, Teka Zewdie |
| Keywords: | Research Report challenges, and opportunities in the process of implementing ECCE |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | Ethiopian Journal of Behavioral Studies, AAU |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this research attempted to examine their contributions in view of the mediated community values and practices, the challenges, and opportunities in the process of implementing ECCE |
| Description: | In their pursuit to contribute to ECCE issues of access, quality and equity, some civil societies have embarked on community- based ECCE pilot programs in different regions of the country. Consequently, this research attempted to examine their contributions in view of the mediated community values and practices, the challenges, and opportunities in the process of implementing ECCE, by specifically focusing on the activities of three rural pilot ECCE centres in Ethiopia that are supported and directed by two NGOs. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with children, guardians, facilitators, and ECCE personnel. Findings indicated that the ECCE centers were serving two major functions: Availing learning resources and opportunities for children and serving as entry points to conducting community and parent education programs. It was observed that such centers would make important impacts on and contributions for communities, parents, and, of course, the children. However, some concerns were noted challenging the communities’ values, practices and resources; tendency to devalue some useful community values and practices, and, more fundamentally, scalability and sustainability concerns. The opportunities identified to enable implementing such programs were existence of civil societies with long years of ECCE experience, ECCE guiding frameworks (legal, administrative, and academic), ECCE administrative structure, and the untapped social and cultural resources and partnerships in the communities. It was generally noted that the way these pilot ECCEs were designed, established, and implemented seemed to suggest lesser possibilities of scalability for low income and rural Ethiopia despite the civil societies’ reported efforts. The study charted out a road map to clear out the way forward. |
| URI: | http://ecde.aau.edu.et/jspui/handle/123456789/223 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research report/ journal article, book/ proceeding chapter, |
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