DeVELOPMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION SECTORS TOPIC: Early Education Sectors

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TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION SECTORS
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1DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION SECTORS
Throughout the world, early education centres are recognized by various names. For
example, nursery school, pre-school and family day care systems. Various terminologies arise
due to the difference in the shift and change in the care of young children. Over the years,
early child education is often referred to as an industry where the only purpose of sending
children to school is preparation for the following years also known as mind readiness (Katz
2010). Traditional childhood sectors usually have been teacher and subject oriented, giving
primary emphasis on the individual interests of the children, as well as philosophical
underpinnings and historical developments alongside first-hand experiences (Kwon, 2002).
In UK, early childhood education and care (ECEC) have been pivotal in the education of
children. Considering a proper state of regulation, UK has been successful in attracting
attention from the central government. Normalizing technologies are introduced where
certain individuals are fixed with issues related to objective codification. According to recent
reforms in the governmental policies, the UK government tends to focus on the practitioners
involved in early life and encourage various entrepreneurial ways for adopting commercial
approaches o the management. According to statistical reports, number of children enrolled in
preschool has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2010 leading to a total of 164 million,
although the count low in countries with lower rates of income (Moss, 2015). Primary role of
early educators include helping the children develop kind, thoughtful nature contributing to
the betterment of the society. Moreover, early education centers often follow a multicultural
as well as an anti-bias system of education in an appropriate manner suitable for their mental
development (Wood, 2010). Thus early education centres play an important role in the
development of children both mentally and physically at an early age. The following
paragraphs encompass the various factors affecting the proliferation and growth of early
education sectors in UK, for example historical, social, political influences as well as effect
of cultural improvisations affecting young minds.

2DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION SECTORS
As the historical significance behind the development of early education sectors are
concerned, early education in UK goes back to mid-1700s, where various movements were
seen related to the political as well as social spheres for encouraging education among young
children. Several monitorial schools were initially set up by the end of 1700s. Eminent
personalities like Joseph, Quaker, Lancaster were influential in setting up elementary schools.
After the establishment of the national society, Foster’s education Act was initiated in 1870
(Nutbrown and clough, 2014). Thus in the local pretext, UK have undergone various
developments in the initiation of rules and regulations regarding young children. In a global
way the formation of international bodies like UNICEF has implemented various
programmes regarding the upliftment of early child education centres. Implementation of
various strategies developed by the UNICEF include various steps. Firstly they help in the
development of a national agenda. This is followed by the development of permanent
mechanisms or bodies for promotion of co-ordination and eventually monitoring the activities
available among all sectors of the government. UNICEF also makes the participation of
children mandatory in processing of the developmental policies by introducing impact
assessments. Moreover, setting up of offices including commissions, ombudspersons within
institutions of national rights. Involving civil society including children in the ongoing
process of implementation and increase of awareness of the child’s individual rights is
important. Hence, the contribution of local as well as international organisations are pivotal
to an effective contribution and development in the field of early education and healthcare.
Other organisations working for the development of early child education centres are there.
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) is another global community
which unite experience knowledge, and perspectives for the interchanging of information
encouraging advocacy for young children. As far as other countries are concerned, Child care
of America, situated in US helps child care providers, families and communities for planning