Global Childcare Project for Introduction to ECE course.

1. By:
Afnan Es-sayyid, Aisha Afzal,
Sheeba Khan, Mandy Watson

2.  Indian population is 1.2 billion
 Lotsof diversity – culture, religion, family
structure, and income
Video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC39BsU5T-E&feature=related

3. What is Early Childhood Education?
1890- kindergarten was established
1953-the national government took
measures.

4.  Canadian day care was disorganized. Churches and
charities cared for children in substantial facilities.
 Wivestook care of the domestic economy while
husbands fought overseas.
 1997-the province of Quebec introduced a day care for
$5 a day.
 Thefederal Liberal budget in 2005 included $5 billion
over five years.

5.  In1961, the thought of Bal Sevika (one who serves
the child) came into place.
 The programs are concentrated on health and
nutrition, preschool education, and community
organization.

6.  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
 The programs concentrate on
1. urban slums
2. tribal areas
3. and the more remote and backward rural regions of the
country.
 The initiative started with 33 modest projects reaching
about 150,000 young children.

7.  Same as Canadian philosophy of Emergent curriculum
 Inviting, personal and aesthetic design
 Teacher is a “learning partner”
 Provocation, research and documentation used in all aspects
of learning

8.  Very popular in India, compared to the very few Canadian Child Care
Centers using the Montessori approach
 Attractive; specific areas for tasks
 Child-sized furniture
 Didactic materials and manipulative curriculum

9. Behaviourist Approach
• Most childcare centers in India follow this approach
• Even if another philosophy is mainly used in the
curriculum, some aspects of behaviourist approach are
still evident there
• Teachers establish direct instruction in small & large
group settings
Thematic Approach
• Very structured
• Each month, a new theme is selected by the teacher
• Focus is more on the product, not the process
Cerebus Curriculum
• Most of the learning is done in a playful manner
• A special committee of experts analyzes and monitors
children
• Specific curriculum designed for each child
• Strengthen areas of interest and improve weaknesses

10. India Canada
 Provided in every city/area •Provided in every
neighbourhood
 Parentschoices mostly •Parents choices mostly formal
informal childcare childcare
 All ages mostly infant – 12 •All ages infants – 12 yrs old
yrs old
• Disabilities & autistic children
 Disabilities & autistic
children

11.  Glendale Edufun – Ages 2-5 and optional daycare 5-7 yrs old
 Kara Preschool & Daycare center – 2006; Preschool &
childcare providers.
 Euro Kids – 2001 to date, 30 schools by 2012. Preschool &
kindergarten. Have 780+ preschools in 280 towns and cities
across India.
 ABC Montessori – Franchised (2006), has preschool and
daycare
 Mother’s Pride – 1st Branch in 1996, now 31 branches.
 Aanganwaris childcare center – funded by government.
Also, have six volunteer project sites over three regions of

12.  Many Childcare centers are franchised or funded by
the government, and organizations/volunteer
programs.
 Names of cities/towns I found in India with
childcare centers are: New
Dehli, Chandigarh, Calcutta, Gandhidam, Bengalore,
Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bhopal, and Vrundavan.

13. Difference: Similarities:
• Family Structure • Acceptance of all children
• Children rights •Age
• Labour •Funded by the government
•Private childcares
• Prices

14. No official ECE program
Junior Teacher’s Training
Certificate offered by
Colleges/Universities
Some places ask for
graduates of psychology or
sociology having work
experience with children
under 5 yrs
Training workshops after
teacher is hired by child
care center
No PRC, Health forms or
CPR training required on
employment

15.  Montessori and Emergent Teacher’s Roles are the same in
India as here in Canada
 Most others teachers follow the directed learning approach
 Teachers instruct and dictate more than nurture and guide the
children

16. India Canada
- In the past it was always - Formal / Informal
Informal
- Program structures & policies
- Recently Indian Population
has been choosing Formal - Health & Safety
Child Care
- Specific adult child ratios
- Structure
- Policies/guidlines
- Ratios