Abstract
Early Childhood Education (ECE) became a hot topic in Pakistan when it was focused by the
world as an important Millennium Development Goal (MDG). Until the year 2000, ECE in
Pakistan was sporadic, and mainly catered by the private sector or Non Governmental
Organizations (NGOs). Pakistan being a signatory to the Education for All (EFA) declaration,
made by 189 countries of the world in Senegal in April 2000, is committed to ensure ECE by
the year 2015. A national ECE curriculum was therefore formulated in the year, 2002 and
revised in 2007. However, the anticipated benchmarks for the ultimate goal of 100%
enrollment and Universal Primary Education (UPE) were consistently thwarted. The purpose
of this research is to highlight probable causes of under achieving ECE targets, and to rethink
ECE through a SWOT1
analysis. The data for research will be extracted from extensive
documentation available on ECE in Pakistan.
Salma Zaidi Syed, Mehwash Asif, Amna Yousaf. (2011) Rethinking ECE in Pakistan, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-21, Issue-2.
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