Country:            Philippines
Title:              National Early Childhood Care and Development
                    Program.  
Institution:        DSWD; DECS; DOH.  
Objectives:         a) Increase early childhood care and development
                    service coverage from 2.25 million in 1989 to
                    12.25 million by the year 2000;   b) Increase in
                    the number of parents provided with educational
                    services on proper child care from 1.5 M to 5 M
                    by the end of the decade;   c) Operationalize
                    ECCD services in 40,000 day care centers covering
                    95.   of the total number of barangays;   d)
                    Increase the number of public pre-school classes
                    from 322,740 in 1989 to 1.28 million by the year
                    2000;   e) Initiate summer pre-school classes and
                    increase these from 31 to 519 in SY 1999-2000.  
Methodology:        Components:   a) Home-based ECCD.   b)
                    Center-based/Community-based ECCD.   c)
                    Clinic-Hospital-based ECCD.   d) School-based
                    ECCD.   e) Research.   f) Advocacy.  
Background:         Beneficiaries: 0-6 years-old children and their
                    parents.  Problem Addressed: Child neglect
                    resulting in malnutrition and underdeveloped
                    children; unprepared preschoolers for formal
                    education; inadequacies in emotional, social, and
                    intellectual development among 0-6 years-old
                    children.  
Expected Outcomes:  a) Approximately 12 M or 90.   of the total 0-6
                    year olds have benefitted from the home-based,
                    center-based, clinic-based, and school-based
                    pre-school classes.  b) Approximately 5 million
                    parents benefitted from the home-based and
                    center-based services.  c) Curriculum materials
                    appropriate to the child's socio-cultural milieu
                    have been developed and utilized.   d)
                    Supplementary feeding program, environmental
                    sanitation, health and medical services,
                    livelihood skills development, and literacy
                    classes conducted.  
Citations:          Education for All: A Philippine Plan of Action
                    1991-2000, Volume II.  
Commencement Date:  1991.                  Duration: 1991-2000.  
Completion Date:    2000.  
Local Budget:       P.  3018567854.