Concept Note on Early child hood care and development

Project Name: Enhancement of kindergarten enrollment in woreda 6, Addis

Ketema Sub city
Date Prepared: August, 2012

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Ethiopia
Program country name
Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema Sub city woreda 6
Target location name &
number/community name
Direct Beneficiaries: = 160
Target beneficiaries
(direct/indirect) Indirect beneficiaries: = 300
Total = 460

Program start date and duration Implementing year: - September 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012
(total number months to complete)

Program description
Name & title of person Contact Person:- Genet Abie, Manager
responsible

Phone & email of person Tel 251-0112-13-18-29/0112-76-53-37/0911742805

responsible

E-mail:- merkatocfcs@yahoo.com

Concept Note Overview

Background
 Describe general conditions in 1. Introduction and Justification
relation to problem to be
addressed (nature, extent, According to the 2007 population census, Ethiopia has a total estimated
consequences) population about 76 million growing at rate of 2% per year. Out of the
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 Include picture showing
issue/need
Rationale
 Justification for why the
program is needed
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population, 20,090,065 are school aged (7-14) children while __% is under
six children. And only 3.9% of children have got access to center based
ECD program through a limited number of kindergartens confined in the
main towns and cities in the country. Most KGs are public and private
owned and almost none of them are government owned.
However, assessing the importance of ECDE and its challenges the
Ethiopian government has formulated a new policy, strategy and design
guideline on early childhood care and education starting from 2011. In
addition, it has also established taskforce to lead the program organized
from MOE, MOH and MOCWY from the national to district /kebele/ level.
Owing to this, some government schools in Addis Ababa have started
preschool program enrolling the poorest of the poor screened by the
government line offices (ECDE National policy, 2010). The taskforce was
established by the government in the three offices because of its being
multi-sectoral. I.e. it does not belong to a defined sector like health,
education or agriculture etc. Because of the following reasons ECDE is
promoted by the government and other civil society groups are:
 Early interventions are preventive and cheaper
 Increase transition and performance rates in education
ECDE is integrative and multi dimensional avenue
According to the Central Statistical authority, 2007, 46% of the population
is children and __% is under 6 and most of the families in our districts are
unable to afford the KG fee for their children.
One KG in Ewoket Amba primary school is established in 2012 in district 6
while there is no government KG at all in district 7 for the poor children in
Addis Ketema Sub city. Formerly, children of the poor were either
participating in public and private ECD centers if the fee is covered by
NGOs and potential supporters or wait in their shelter if they are unable to
cover the fee. However, recently the children of the poor have started
getting the access with free of pay in the established government KGs.
Felegbrhan primary school like Ewoket Amba primary school is also
selected by the government to start ECDE program. Though the school has
relatively better compound, the children have no access to plying materials,
water, toilet, and sufficient classes to meet the standard. In center based
ECD program only 25-30 children are allowed to sit in one standard class.
However, in this school the ECDE center in not up the standard and
accommodated 55 children without minimum requirements. In addition,
there is no cooking room, no separated toilets, pedagogical center, no
sufficient offices for staff, children had no uniforms, no teaching materials
and aids,
2. Problem statement
Pre primary education coverage (4-6 years age)
Location Pre primary education coverage (4-6 years age)
Male Female Total
At Project Area level 237 227 464
 At district level 381 422 803
Total 618 649 1267
Source: District and Schools report, 2012
Education Infrastructures/facilities: ECD and Pre-primary School
Distri Type of Conditi No. of Year of Constructed Existence of
cts education on beneficiaries(c constructio by (Gov’t, latrines
infrastructure/fa (functio hildren) n NGO, (yes/no)
cilities (ECD nal/non public…)
day care center, functio
kindergartens, nal
pre-schools
District 4 functional 653 2 by NGO Not adequate
6
District 1 functional 150 3by private Not adequate
7
Tot 5 803
al
Source: District and Schools report, 2012

Though the children under 6 are high in number in the operational area,
most of them are out of center based ECD and some of the parents send
their children to church and Quran schools in order to minimize their cost
since the public KGs in the area request to about 150.00 Birr per child.
However, the church school in our area is poorly constructed and furnished
and children are at risk because the church school is established in a shelter
which is not well furnished and equipped and even cannot protect the
children from sunlight and wind.

Giving attention to the ECDE program, the government established two

KGs at two primary schools in the two districts. Though start is good to the
poor community, the KGs do not accommodate the needy children and only
90 children are enrolled. Even these children are not getting the minimum
required social, psychomotor and cognitive domains due to the lack basic
inputs and the less in the number of the assigned care givers.

Eshet KG is established in Addis ketema sub city near our districts as

government KG to address the kids of the poor. However, the ECD center
is poorly constructed and has one narrow and below the standard class
room with 55 children attending their center based ECD program. In
addition to the low standard class room, the children do not get sufficient
food from their homes. As a result, most children sleep at 10:00 and are not
active players and school attendants. From the enrolled children 25% are
orphans and they get food from charitable societies and civil servants
contribution.

The aim of this proposal is therefore to search funding agencies and donors
and minimize such problems observed in the KG and to create better access
and quality of ECDE for children from the poorest families in the
operational area and nearby districts.

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Program Goal Improved enrollment of highly vulnerable children in Kindergarten in the
Addis Ketema sub city

Strategy & Objectives  Create access of kindergarten /preschool for Deprived, excluded and
 Describe plans for addressing vulnerable children in the sub city, who are unable to afford
the program’s root issues educational fee in private and public schools.
 Outline objectives that will
achieve goal
 To enhance the social, moral and cognitive development of under
six vulnerable children
of education, because scientifically it is proofed that the first 8 years are the
critical for growth and development in later years. Therefore the strategies
to be followed to address the program are:-

1. Communicating with the school, respective education office and

district office and clear the ground where the construction work
could be taken place
2. Preparation of specification for the construction works with
construction and maintenance consultant and bid document
preparation and agreement signage with the winner contractor and
finishing construction works according to the charitable society’s
and donor’s procedures
3. Furnishing the constructed classes and pedagogical center
following the charitable society’s and donor’s purchasing
procedures
4. Networking with education line offices and expanding essential
services to create conducive environment for early child care and
quality education to children
5. Raise the awareness of teachers, families and community at large on
the importance of ECDE.

Inputs Budget Estimate

 What are the resources needed
to implement program activities
Budget for
S/N Activities Unit Quantity project life
Construction of additional and up to
1 the standard class rooms in the Sq.m 4 200,000.00
school compound
2 Construction of resting rooms # of classes 2 100,000.00
3 Construction of office # of classes 50,000.00
1
4 Construction of feeding room # of desk 100,000.00
2
5 Construction of toilets # of toilets 100,000.00
2
6 Construction of pedagogical center # of rooms 50,000.00
1
7 Purchasing of pedagogical materials # of 100,000.00
materials
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 8 Water and electricity installation # of rooms
1 50,000.00
9 Purchase of table and chair # of
students 300 100,000.00
10 Training to ECDE teachers and # of
parents on child care trainees 300 30,000.00
11 Monitoring and Evaluation Terms 3 80,000.00
Total 960,000.00

Monitoring/Evaluation/Measure
ments
 Outline plans for program
monitoring and evaluation
 Name who will monitor
measurements.
 Indicate plans to ensure
sustainability
Monitoring & Evaluation
This program is expected to be monitored and evaluated in a continuous
and joint form since training and awareness creation on how to identify the
problems of the highly vulnerable under 6 children. Jointly the local
government, school principals and the charitable society monitor the
improvement of the enrollment of highly vulnerable children in the school
and formulate clearly defined output indicators that will track the progress
of the project towards the intended project objectives. In addition,
ChildFund Ethiopia will have its own periodic follow-up, quarterly, semi-
annual and annual monitoring and evaluation system of the progress of the
work both through report and site supervision.

Monitoring Who Frequency

Event
Site pavement, Local government Daily, weekly,
form task force, education office monthly
bid
announcement,
bidder selection,
bid award,
assign
supervisor,
Site pavement, MCFCS Daily, weekly,
form task force, monthly
bid
announcement,
bidder selection,
bid award,
assign
supervisor,
Supervision Child fund Ethiopia Monthly, Quarterly
and semiannual or
annual

Output Schedule
(please see below)
 Outline timeframes for each
output to be completed

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 Activities Target Target Target
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total by end of
project

Objective One:

Objective Two.

Objective Three:

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PROGRAM FUNDING
Total funding required: XUS$
(1 US$=xx local currency)

REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS
 Provide a summary of major budget line
items with a narrative
 Attach NSP forms 1 and 13
 Attach regional approval documentation

Reporting Requirements General Information:

 Quarterly report due if Program lasts more than 6 months
 Quarterly report not necessary if Program budget is $7,000 or less
 Include photographs depicting progress or final results
 Include success stories for final report with pictures of a child(ren) and outcomes

Quarterly and final reports are due to the International Offices one month after the end of the reporting
period. Reporting should follow the calendar year with a quarter defined as:

October – December Report due date by:

January – March Report due date by:
April – June Report due date by:
July – September Report due date by:

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