Early Childhood Care and Education

ADEA Commemorates the 30th Day of the African Child: The rights of the child in the digital environment

ADEA, Friday, June 16, 2023 - 10:59

We commemorate 16^th June as the Day of the African Child (DAC); a day set aside by the African Union (AU) to focus on the plight of Africa’s children. This event traces its history back to 1991 when the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union agreed to honor the memory of the 176 persons who died following the student uprising in Soweto, South Africa on 16^th June 1976.
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ADEA webinar encourages African countries to develop quality assurance systems on early childhood education

ADEA, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 10:52

On 22^nd September 2021, ADEA through its Inter-Country Quality Node on Early Childhood Development (ICQN-ECD) and in collaboration with Together for Early Childhood Evidence, hosted a 2-hour webinar on Early Childhood Education (ECE) Quality Assurance Systems (QAS) for Africa.
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UNESCO in collaboration with ADEA and other partners launch an early childhood education (ECE) personnel survey related to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

ADEA, Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 11:08

UNESCO Dakar in collaboration with ADEA and other partners across 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have launched a survey for early childhood education (ECE) personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ADEA and partners strengthen Leadership Capacity in Early Childhood Education and Development in Africa

ADEA, Monday, July 8, 2019 - 20:24

The ADEA's ICQN-ECD organized the first Leadership Capacity Building Workshop on Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) to contribute to the implementation of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa 2016-2025 (CESA 16-25) and strengthen ECED policy development.
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ADEA launches its first Leadership Capacity Building Workshop on Early Childhood Development in Mauritius

ADEA, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - 20:22

Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), 19^thJune 2019 - The Inter-Country Quality Node on Early Childhood Development (ICQN-ECD) of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) will launch a first Leadership Capacity Building Workshop on Early Childhood Development from 24^thto 26^thJune 2019 in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius.
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ADEA and the Pivotal Role of Early Childhood Development in Africa

ADEA, Monday, March 18, 2019 - 09:11

It is vital that all countries, relevant intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organisations and all other relevant stakeholders give due consideration to the contribution of play-based learning to develop the knowledge, human capital, capabilities and skills.
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Children’s rights must be a priority of humanitarian action in Africa

ADEA, Sunday, July 14, 2019 - 21:05

De nombreux pays en Afrique se sont engagés à assurer une éducation équitable, inclusive et de qualité pour tous en vue de réaliser la scolarisation primaire universelle. C’est ainsi que des initiatives, aussi bien formelles que non formelles, ont été prises afin de ne laisser personne à l’écart du système éducatif.
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Scaling up early childhood development interventions in Africa

ADEA, Monday, September 14, 2020 - 23:04

Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20 each year to offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.
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Changing Africa’s future by investing in our youth

ADEA, Monday, September 14, 2020 - 22:59

The early years of life are a time of immense hope and possibility for young children and their families and for nations as a whole. Conversely it is also a time of particular risk for children living in the most adverse circumstances. The ever-evolving science of early development tells us that the brain of the infant is primed to develop faster in the first 1,000 days than at any other time during their lifetime.
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