{"id":1591,"date":"2024-01-10T13:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T05:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/?page_id=1591"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T08:23:21","slug":"bhutaneccd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/bhutaneccd\/","title":{"rendered":"Project: An Evaluation of the Early Childhood Care and Development Programme in Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"1591\" class=\"elementor elementor-1591\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ee477fc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ee477fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698db8ec elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"698db8ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/28a405c2-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1134\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-463ac2c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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*\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Consortium for Research on Early Childhood Development and Education (CORE)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd20e15 elementor-widget__width-auto 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97187d7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97187d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/BhutanECCD_Cover-qi3bbhz4tj5jep30mmf716jb0ubvnpdn35ste9xq7s.png\" title=\"BhutanECCD_Cover\" alt=\"BhutanECCD_Cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-773ad377 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"773ad377\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b5c630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22b5c630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Evaluation of the Early Childhood Care and Development Programme in Bhutan<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7339b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e7339b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89287a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89287a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funding Source<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34948ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34948ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ministry of Education Bhutan and UNICEF Bhutan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed7feb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed7feb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Period<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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eael-infobox-hover-img-shape-square elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-info-box\" data-id=\"3046d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-info-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-infobox icon-on-left\">\n\t            <div class=\"infobox-icon\">\n\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Prof-Rao-150x150.png\" alt=\"\">\n            \n            \n            \n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"infobox-content\">\n                    <div class=\"infobox-title-section\">\n                <h2 class=\"title\">Prof RAO, Nirmala\u00a0<\/h2>            <\/div>\n            <div><p>Principal Investigator<\/p><\/div>        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4583e eael-infobox-shape-circle eael-infobox-hover-img-shape-square 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elementor-size-default\">Objectives<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fcf3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fcf3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The objectives of this study were to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency,<\/p><p>and sustainability of the provision of ECCD services in Bhutan. ECCD programmes are recognised in providing strong foundations for human development and lifelong learning in the 12th Five-Year-Plan and the Bhutan Education Blueprint 2014-2024. In particular, under the National Key Result Area 7 \u2018Quality education and skills\u2019, an objective is to expand ECCD programmes to reach all children. Therefore, policy documents and national statistics were analysed to determine access rates to ECCD. Furthermore, Bhutan is currently developing a National ECCD Multi-Sectoral Plan and this study endeavoured to support this process of developing the Plan by identifying key strategic and systematic shifts to strengthen multi-sectoral ECCD coordination among major stakeholders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0a397d e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0a397d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3827ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3827ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8201bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8201bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Information<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a901d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a901d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bhutan\u2019s ECCD provision was evaluated rigorously employing a mixed-methods methodology.<\/p><ul><li>Analyses of key policy documents pertinent to the ECCD sector in Bhutan were conducted as well as a review of additional data sources that include national monitoring systems and national databases.<\/li><li>Observations of ECCD enabled an analysis of existing and planned ECCD policies. New empirical data were collected. Surveys and interviews with stakeholders (including parents\/caregivers, cr\u00e8che caregivers, ECCD facilitators, health workers, secretaries of Centre Management Committees, District Education Officers, and District Health Officers) were conducted between October and December 2019.<\/li><\/ul><p>Findings from this evaluation highlight good practices as well as gaps in planning, implementation, budgeting, and coordination, and identify impacts of the ECCD programme on child development. The evaluation also proposes practical and contextualised recommendations for the National Multi-Sectoral ECCD Strategic Plan to strengthen ECCD programmes. 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(2020). <em>An evaluation of the early childhood care and development programme in Bhutan<\/em>. UNICEF: Bhutan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/bhutan\/media\/1761\/file\/ECCD%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf\">https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/bhutan\/media\/1761\/file\/ECCD%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf<\/a><\/li><li>Chan, S. W. Y., Rao, N., Cohrssen, C., Richards, B. (2021). Predicting child outcomes in Bhutan: Contributions of parenting support and early childhood education programmes. <em>Children and Youth Services Review, 126<\/em>, 106051. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.childyouth.2021.106051\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.childyouth.2021.106051<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7936d6a0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7936d6a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f0a8c18\" data-id=\"3f0a8c18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-691ae017 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"691ae017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"123\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/f3b54538-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1140\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35a9c7a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35a9c7a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11981642-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1133\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7c73ad elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f7c73ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d16eb0ea-obj-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1143\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projects Consortium for Research on Early Childhood Development and Education (CORE) An Evaluation of the Early Childhood Care and Development Programme in Bhutan Funding Source Ministry of Education Bhutan and UNICEF Bhutan Project Period August 2019\u2013January 2020 Team Members Prof RAO, Nirmala\u00a0 Principal Investigator Dr CHAN, Stephanie Dr RICHARDS, Ben Dr LEE, Diana Dr COHRSSEN, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hkece.edu.hku.hk\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}