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Chapter 10 Jamaica: Recent Initiatives in Early Childhood Policy Omar Davies and Rose Davies* Over the past decade, interest in ...

first, integration of ECD activities within the Ministry of Education and Youth, is an institutional change. The second, establi ...

Box 1. Early Childhood Commission: Legislated Functions Advise the Cabinet, through the Minister of Education and Youth, on ECD ...

Since establishment of the Commission in 2004, the Jamaican Par- liament has ratified supportive legislation, which includes the ...

viding ECD services. Many churches, for example, have adjunct basic or preprimary schools. The government will continue to build ...

of Finance and Planning and is financed by the allocation of a per- centage of Jamaica’s tax on gaming to support programs in th ...

Appropriate Curricula The Government of Jamaica, in partnership with others [nongovern- mental organizations (NGOs) and internat ...

26 percent for secondary education, 30 percent for primary educa- tion, and 5 percent for early childhood education. The Governm ...

ing. The intent is to pass the new pieces of legislation in the 2007/08 legislative year. Conclusion The Government of Jamaica r ...

Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica. 2004, 2005. Kingston: Planning Institute of Jamaica. McDonald, K. 2003. Making the Whole ...

Chapter 11 Brazil’s Millennium Fund for Early Childhood Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider* In 2003, Brazil launched the Brazi ...

216 Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider Subsequent to the meeting, the World Bank established the Mil- lennium Fund for ECD. Th ...

Brazil’s Millennium Fund for Early Childhood 217 The objectives of Brazil’s fund are to: Improve the quality of early childhood ...

218 Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider available to the public, whereas others, for the time being, are avail- able only to th ...

Brazil’s Millennium Fund for Early Childhood 219 pedagogical tools, which serve for the promotion of teacher-training activities ...

220 Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider Cash donations totaling US$294,700 (from the World Bank and private corporations) In-k ...

Brazil’s Millennium Fund for Early Childhood 221 derpin activities. The increasing role of Brazil’s private sector, in part- ner ...

222 Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider ———. 1995. The Twelve Who Survive: Strengthening Programs of Early Childhood Developmen ...

Brazil’s Millennium Fund for Early Childhood 223 Ministério da Saúde. 2005. Políticas para a Primeira Infância: Notas sobre Expe ...

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