This introductory chapter sets the stage for disabling dominant narratives in early care and
education and makes a case for reconstructing nuanced accounts for birth to 3 in Africa …

Kenya has made significant efforts to address violence against children (VAC), but its
prevalence remains high. Networking of different actors has shown evidence of benefit in …

Globally, research indicates growing interest in mathematics-related play in early childhood
settings; this is also the case in the informal settlements of Mangaung in the Motheo District …

The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) phase spans a range of activities that
promote holistic care and education for children from birth to 8 years. It is considered the …

It is generally established that poor countries with high rate population growing higher rate
of child work. Child labor is one of the graves and emergent problem in many countries …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) developed a strategy known as Integrated Management of Childhood Illness …

Despite the growing relevance and expansion of secondary education across the world,
transitions to secondary education in India are inequitable, divisive and strained. More so, if …

Children in urban poor locales live in spaces that are marginalised with constrained social
services. Mitigating interventions providing early childhood care services are often oblivious …

Abstract In recent years, Early Childhood Development (ECD) has become a policy concern
in Latin America. Despite the great efforts to provide comprehensive ECD services for …