Advocacy Project

on

Early Learning and Development Standards

(ELDS)

* Mukunda Kshetree

Int’l Child Resource Institute-Nepal (ICRI-Nepal)

Swagatam/Welcome

Nepal Fact Sheet

• Area: 147,181 sq. Km

• Geography: Situated between China in North and India in the South, Easte and West

• Capital: Kathmandu

• Population: 27 million (app)

• People: More than 61/91 ethnic groups and 144 languages/dialects

• Highetst Point: 8848 m avove the sea level-Mt. Everest

• Lowest Point: 70 m above sea level-kechana kalan, Jhapa District

• Political System: Political Transition

• National Bird: Impean Pheasant Danfe

• National Flower: Rhododendron Arboreum (Lali Gurans)• Source: HAN-2008

Facts about Children in Nepal

• 49 %are girls

• 14% population live in cities

• 40% belong to extremely poor families

• 47% are malnourished

• 90% are immunized

• 80% are admitted to school, but only 51% complete primary level

• 86% boys and 74% girls are enrolled in primary level

• 41% of total population is children below 16 years.

• There is only one national level children's hospital

• There is one child specialist to 1 hundred thousand children

• There are 32,000 (app) ECD Centers

• Qualitative and quantitative issues in ECD centersSource: CWIN/Flash Report of GoN

What is an ELDS?

A national standard of measuring the

physical, Cognitive, cultural,

linguistic, social and emotional status

of children aged 48-60 months

What is it essential for?

To maximize effort and support to ensure minimum development standards of young children

To build the capacity and help relevant stakeholders about ELDS

To bring uniformity in ECD programs at all levels To keep records of all sectoral development

(domains, sub-domains, specific aspects) of children

To contemporize the ECD curriculum To systematize the monitoring and evaluation

system of ECD programs

Content of ELDS Framework

Five Domains

14 Sub-domains

36 Specific Aspects

Learning Environment and Activities

Indicators of Development

Five Major Domains

1. Physical Development, Health and Well-being

2. Social and Emotional Development

3. Cognitive Development

4. Cultural Development

5. Language Development

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Gross motor

Fine motor

Sensory motor

Health Well being

Personal hygiene

Clean Environment

Safe practices

Nutrition Food habit

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Life skills

Cooperation

Social behavior

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Self-concept

Emotional

expression

Security and confidence

Self control and balance

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Cognitive development Classification and ordering

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Living/non-living things

Materials

Technology

Transportation

Distance and direction

Concept of time

Maths Numeracy

Measurement

Cre

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Imagination, drama/role play

Music and movement

Domain Sub-domains Specific Aspects

4. Cultural

Development

Values Family and

community

Nation and

Nationality

Unity in diversity

Domain Sub-domains Specific Aspects

5. Language

Development

Communication Listening

Communicating

with others

Literacy Pre-reading

Pre-writing