Gaps in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs will hurt long-term labor productivity in the Philippines, according to a study conducted by government think tank Philippine Institute for ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is moving to strengthen early childhood development by exploring ...

SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for local government units’ (LGUs) stronger involvement in implementing early childhood-care and development (ECCD) programs. Despite the established benefits of ...

In 2015, 77.1 percent of Cambodia’s three to four year-year olds did not have access to Early Childhood Education, due to the lack of pre-school facilities. Under the Early Childhood Care and ...

Early Childhood Care and Development, or ECCD, is a field of work that focuses on the holistic development of children. ECCD aims to ensure young children’s well-being by supporting their development ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council, the Department of Education (DepED), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched this February ...

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara pushed to strengthen the country’s early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs and its alternative learning system ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) worked with local government units (LGUs) to implement the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) in 2023 as part of the government's Early ...

A PHILIPPINE Senator called on local government units to provide better Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs to combat malnutrition. “We need to mobilize our local government units in ...

CEBU, Philippines - As parents, we are all for the wellbeing of our children. But do you know that the state is also mandated and has the obligation to ensure the welfare of all children? Recognizing ...

THE Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) law needs to be supported by more funding for programs that affect nutrition, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) said. “These include ...

Every weekday morning in Barangay Tuod, Manticao, Misamis Oriental, children gather inside a modest Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Center to sing songs, listen to stories, play games, and ...