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Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2021
The Mother Tongue Based Early Learning and Parents+ Programme ran from 2016 to 2021 (having been extended due the COVID-19 pandemic) in the state of Odisha, India -- a partnership of the state government's Department of Women and Child Development, Mission Shakti and the Bernard van Leer Foundation. As described in this report, the programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Language of Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2021
The present research study was undertaken to evaluate the Mother Tongue Based Early Learning and Parents+ (MTELP+) Programme which commenced in 2016 in the state of Odisha. The MTELP+ programme was implemented by Programme Management Unit (PMU), which was setup by Department of Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti, Government of Odisha…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Language of Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Engle, Patrice – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
In 2005, an estimated 48 million children aged 0-18 years--12 percent of all children in sub-Saharan Africa--were orphans, and that number is expected to rise to 53 million by 2010. One quarter of all orphans are orphaned because of AIDS, and about 2.6 million children are currently infected with HIV. Untreated, most children born with HIV will…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Young Children, Foreign Countries
Arnold, Caroline; Bartlett, Kathy; Gowani, Saima; Merali, Rehana – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2007
This working paper considers ways to tackle the critical issue of early drop-out and under-achievement of children at school. It draws on evidence of the benefits of early childhood programmes to children's learning and success in school. It particularly examines how well-designed early childhood programmes can effectively address poverty and…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change
Fabian, Hilary; Dunlop, Aline-Wendy – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2007
The transition to primary school is one of the greatest challenges of early childhood. Handled well, it can set children into virtuous cycle of learning. But how can transitions be made more effective? Based on a background paper for UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007, this paper assesses the literature and draws lessons…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Systems Approach, Young Children, Transitional Programs
Smale, Jim, Ed. – Early Childhood Matters: The Bulletin of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2000
This document consists of the three 2000 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters." This periodical, addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education, evolved from an in-house publication directed to projects funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Articles in the February 2000 edition…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Role, Childhood Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education