BackgroundThe ECED frontline pilot

Background
The ECED frontline pilot program (2015 – 2017), is intended to strengthen the system for frontline delivery of high quality, sustainable early childhood education and development (ECED) services in poor, rural communities. The program will provide support to villages and their communities in terms of raising awareness of the importance of investing in ECED for the children, as well as providing financial support to for villages to send their community teachers (playgroup and/or kindergarten teachers) to quality training programs. At the same time, activities under the pilot program are intended to strengthen the ECED teacher training system at all levels, from the national level down to the community, including those training programs managed by Non-Government organizations. A major goal is to help reduce poverty by promoting children’s attendance at quality ECED services with well-trained teachersThe pilot program is funded by the Australian Department for Foreign Aids and Trade (DFAT) and managed by the World Bank. There will be Technical Assistance to support the on-going programs of the Ministry of Villages (through the PNPM Generasi project), Ministry of National Education (Director General for ECED and Non-formal, Informal Education) and Local Governments of 25 selected poor districts. As part of the condition for being selected to receive the program benefit, each district will have to issue supporting local regulations and other aspects forf an enabling environment for ECED. In return, community in selected kecamatans within the districts will receive funds to purchase quality training for their ECED teachers.

A project implementation plan will be developed and will specify the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder, including District Government, to achieve the project’s Development Objectives. Since the program will be implemented in 25 districts in 10 different provinces, the Task Team will include a team of District field consultants.

The list of the 25 districts is still being finalized and will likely include the following provinces: Gorontalo, Jawa Barat, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Tengah, NTB, NTT, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Utara and Sumatera Selatan.

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Latar belakangThe ECED frontline pilot program (2015 – 2017), is intended to strengthen the system for frontline delivery of high quality, sustainable early childhood education and development (ECED) services in poor, rural communities. The program will provide support to villages and their communities in terms of raising awareness of the importance of investing in ECED for the children, as well as providing financial support to for villages to send their community teachers (playgroup and/or kindergarten teachers) to quality training programs. At the same time, activities under the pilot program are intended to strengthen the ECED teacher training system at all levels, from the national level down to the community, including those training programs managed by Non-Government organizations. A major goal is to help reduce poverty by promoting children’s attendance at quality ECED services with well-trained teachersThe pilot program is funded by the Australian Department for Foreign Aids and Trade (DFAT) and managed by the World Bank. There will be Technical Assistance to support the on-going programs of the Ministry of Villages (through the PNPM Generasi project), Ministry of National Education (Director General for ECED and Non-formal, Informal Education) and Local Governments of 25 selected poor districts. As part of the condition for being selected to receive the program benefit, each district will have to issue supporting local regulations and other aspects forf an enabling environment for ECED. In return, community in selected kecamatans within the districts will receive funds to purchase quality training for their ECED teachers.A project implementation plan will be developed and will specify the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder, including District Government, to achieve the project’s Development Objectives. Since the program will be implemented in 25 districts in 10 different provinces, the Task Team will include a team of District field consultants. The list of the 25 districts is still being finalized and will likely include the following provinces: Gorontalo, Jawa Barat, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Tengah, NTB, NTT, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Utara and Sumatera Selatan.