January 25, 2014
I have selected two new international countries since I have not received any updated information regarding their Early Childhood program. I have selected Morocco and Ghana.
Egypt: My contact is Mr. Hicham MOUKRAM
The Child Poverty and Disparities in Egypt: Building the Social Infrastructures for Egypt’s Future study is the first comprehensive study in Egypt which focuses on both poverty and childhood and was in early 2010. The eight dimensions of poverty considered in the study (income, shelter, food, education, information, health, sanitation, water) are interrelated and interdependent. Deprivation of one right is likely to affect a child’s ability to enjoy other rights. The study reveals that one in four Egyptian children (more than seven million) live deprived of one or more of their rights to be children and enjoy their childhood. Around 1.2 million children live in absolute poverty, which means they are deprived of two or more rights.
The brighter we make the lives of our children, the
brighter the future of our nation.
Ghana: Definition of Child Development
and Educational Outcomes
Child development refers to the ordered emergence
of interdependent skills of sensorimotor, cognitive–
language, and social–emotional functioning, which
depend on the child’s physical well-being, the family
context, and the larger social network.7 Educational
outcomes in this paper include school readiness, reten
tion, drop-out, educational achievement, and years of
schooling completed. School readiness refers to skills
children need to profit from the educational experi
ences of formal schooling.8 School readiness is gener
ally defined as a broad set of skills that affect children’s
ability to learn in school: physical health, motor skills,
self-care, emotional and behavioral self-regulation, so
cial skills, communication skills, pre-academic skills,
attention, and curiosity and motivation to learn, al
though some argue that it should be limited to literacy
and numeracy skills.
Hi Lady Die, (My mother's name is Diana and she, too, goes by those names as you). Anyway, I thought it was interesting to learn that 1.2 million children are in poverty, which means they are deprived of two or more rights in Egypt. I also thought it was interesting to note that some in Ghana argue that child development and education should be focused on only literacy and numeracy skills. I think you (we) will learn a lot about your countries' beliefs in early childhood. Thanks for sharing!
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