Prince Walid Bin Talal: 2011-04-24

Friday, April 29, 2011

National policies and work plans for childhood education

The fourth basis is "national policies and work plans for early childhood from each country" which calls for establishing integrated, clean and applicable policies for developing early childhood through national strategic viewpoints and active work plans supported by budgets with strong coordination among relevant sectors.

The point requires giving early childhood a clear position in every sector and all national and regional policies and plans. The Declaration went on to stress the importance of cooperation among ministries in each country and between Arab countries and relevant Arab, Islamic and international organizations, including UN organization, in order to promote the early childhood agenda in each country and on the national level. It voiced commitment to doubling and improving efforts to expand the levels of early childhood care and education in Arab countries, expressing desire to reach high levels by 2015 that make a marked change in the building of human resources.

Arab Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education

The Regional Arab Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, held in Damascus from September 20 to 22 under the auspices of Mrs. Asma al-Assad, issued on Wednesday the Damascus Declaration for Early Childhood Care and Education. Issued at the conclusion of the Conference's activity, the Deceleration is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the document from the Convention's committee on the importance of early childhood, the recommendations of the World Conference on Education for All Jomtien, 1990, the goals of the World Conference on Education for All Dakar 2000, the goals of the 2nd Arab Action Plan on Childhood for 2004-2015, and the plan for developing education in the Arab world adopted by the Damascus Arab Summit in March 2008.

Global Monitoring Report for Strong Foundations

The UNESCO 2007 Global Monitoring Report entitled “Strong Foundations” showed that there are approximately 49 million children aged 0-5 in the Arab States, less than 19 per cent of which were enrolled in an ECCE programme or initiative in 2006. A study conducted by UNESCO Beirut highlights challenges in the region which include limited access; low political will and a lack of a coordinated approach to the management of ECCE services. However Interest in ECCE is steadily growing among governments, civil society organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Evidence of this can be seen in the initiation of new National Councils of Motherhood and Childhood, and the increasing establishment of ECCE departments in Schools of Education.

Conference on Transforming ECCE in Arab States

The conference titled Transforming ECCE in Arab States from Policy to Action, will gather ministries, education experts and members of civil society to focus on strengthening political commitment and broadening the concept and scope of ECCE in policy, strengthening national coordination mechanisms and improving quality. Particular attention will be given to increasing access and strengthening teacher training as well as reaching children in difficult or disadvantaged situations (girls in rural areas, street children, refugee, internally-displaced and extremely poor children).

Early Childhood Education in Arab countries

Traditional early childhood education in China currently faces both internal and external challenges changing family structures and increased influence of foreign ideas and values. The one child policy in the People's Republic of China is altering family roles and child-rearing practices, raising concerns about the possible harmful effects of too much attention and pampering. A study of single child families in the Beijing area found that these 'little emperors and princesses" were more egocentric, less persistent and less cooperative than children with siblings (Jiao, Guiping & Qicheng, 1986). How have these children adjusted to schools? Or have the schools changed to accommodate them?

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Professional musicians Ali’s first instrument

Coming from 5 generations of professional musicians Ali’s first instrument is the Cello – studying both in the UK and at the Conservatoire in Prague under Paul Ward, Raphael Wallfisch and Stanislav Apolin. Ali is also the 3rd generation of her family to be a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. Founded in 1738 the aims of the founding members whose numbers include Handel remain unchanged today. To provide assistance for those working in the music professional and their dependants when in need because of accident, illness or old age.

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Canada's universities are pleased to see postsecondary education emerge as a hot topic in the early days of this federal election campaign. The Liberal announcement of their proposed "Learning Passport" sparked a widespread discussion this week about the best way to open the doors of higher education to more students. Improving accessibility and quality are complex issues that warrant a robust national debate.

Globe columnist Margaret Wente offered a particularly cynical and misguided view of the value of university education in her column of March 31. While she shared with us the happy news that there's lots of work for her hair colourist, her argument that we should have fewer, not more young people getting a university education flies in the face of current labour market research.

Let's take a look at what happened during the recession. Between 2008 and 2010 there were 125,000 jobs lost in trades occupations in Canada compared to 300,000 new jobs created for university graduates. If we take a longer view, we see that since 2004 there were 110,000 more jobs in trades occupations, compared to 995,000 more for university graduates. It is no wonder that students are responding to labour market signals by enrolling in universities in greater numbers right across Canada.

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