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Ministry of Health. Ministry of Welfare. NGOS. Ministry of Education . Initial Education Birth to 3 years 11 months old Care and Educational focus Diferent curriculums Conafe´s impact evaluation: -Improvement of parents and children competencies . Preschool
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Ministry of Health Ministry of Welfare NGOS Ministry of Education • Initial Education • Birth to 3 years 11 months old • Care and Educational focus • Diferent curriculums • Conafe´s impact evaluation: • -Improvement of parents and children competencies • Preschool • 3 to 5 years 11 months old • Since 2002 obligatory • Educational focus only • 15 hours per week • No impact evaluation Mexican Early Childhood Education
Reasons to make preschool compulsory • Public Policy • To improve the quality of the educational process and its achievements • To attain 12 years of schooling • International Research • Children 3-6 years of age who attend Preschool • Have time during preschool to develop their capacities and skills • Have easier transitions and a better academic performance in elementary school • Increase their self-control, self-esteem, and communication, social, and mathematical skills C O M P U L S O R Y
Costs of making preschool compulsory • In 2009 the Goverment invested in preeschool • $1,030 Thousand US Cost per Child/4,594,382 • $4,7 Billions US Cost per Year • Infrastucture • Regularization • Training • Operation Costs • Materials • Salaries
Implementation Process Reform Implementation Process • Regulation of public and private establishments • Setting standards and qualifications for educative agents • State-level, regional, municipal, and service unit meetings to introduce the new program 2002 Reforms of the Mexican Constitution (3rd and 31st Articles) Obligatory Preschool “Preschool education will become obligatory in the following stages: the 3rd year of preschool in the 2004-2005 academic cycle; the 2nd year of preschool in the 2005-2006 academic cycle; the 1st year of preschool in the 2008-2009 academic year”
Obstacles Infrastructure Policy Debate Training Resources • Early childhood • development • depends not • on obligations, • but on curricular • development and • suitable • conditions • Preparing • educators • that work with • different • methods • and programs • Provide • services • to diverse • populations • Lack of • preschool • teachers • Overcrowding of • preschool classrooms for lack • of space • Lack of capital • to accomplish the • obligatory first • year due to the • finnancial crisis • Resource • distribution • criteria
Successes Since the 2003-2004 academic school year, preschool registration has grown by more than 1.1 million children.
Challenges Preschool Enrollment (2009-2010) • To increase the 3 year old • population enrollment, • which represent almost • the 21% of children not • enrolled
Challenges 1. Investment to 2015 42 thousand new teachers (1:18) 38 thousand classrooms Enrollment would rise to 726 thousand students 2. Balance between parents´ working hours and preeschool Increase preeschool hours in order to support working parents