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Research clearly shows that a significant part of a child’s social, cognitive, physical and emotional development is completed by the age of 6. The child’s developmental needs must be met & supported by his/her immediate environment- thus, parents play a critical role as first educators. Importance of Early Childhood Education

Those most in need of education benefit the least from existing services. Investments in early childhood education reduce social and economic inequality. Early Childhood Education

Education in Turkey  7 million illiterate adults (1/5 women) 55% of women in SE Turkey illiterate  Only 28% of 4-6 age population benefit from ECE  Average years of schooling of adult population: 6 years Adana Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Adıyaman Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Afyon Hakkari Hatay Isparta İçel İstanbul İzmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Ağrı Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Amasya Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Ankara Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Antalya Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Artvin Aydın Osmaniye Düzce % Primary Enrolment 58% Secondary Enrolment 20% Higher Education 2007 MONE2008 MONE

Our Mission AÇEV focuses attention on those that are most severely impacted by lack of access to education in Turkey: women and children. Since 1993, AÇEV:  has been working towards providing equal opportunity in education for all;  upholding the view that learning is a lifelong process that must begin in early childhood;  supporting the child as well as his/her immediate caregivers and environment. In order to do this, AÇEV conducts research and develops and implements programs in its two main areas of expertise: early childhood and adult education

Research Program Development Program Implementation Policy Development Program Evaluation Advocacy Partnerships Beneficiary Needs A Ç EV ’ s Programmatic Approach

Financial Contributors National and Multinational Companies Individuals Multinational Aid Organizations National and International NGOs National and Local Governments Nationals Partners Ministry of National Education Ministry of Health Social Services and Child Protection Agency TV Channels (TRT – NTV - Kanal D ) Local Partners Communities Local NGOs Local Media Local Governments International Partners UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP European Commision The World Bank Intenational NGOs AÇEV’s Core Team Academic Advisory Board Professional Team Trained Volunteers Our Partners

Education Activities  Mother Child Education Program (Age 5-6) a home-based ECE and parent program  Preschool Parent Child Program targets both children attending state run preschools and their parents  Preschool Education Program targets 5-6 aged children under risk  Mother Support Program aimed at empowering mother-child relations, targeting mothers of year olds  Father Support Program targets fathers with children aged 2-10  Parenting Seminars targets parents with children aged 0-14  Functional Adult Literacy and Women’s Support Program for women to import basic literacy skills and to support their social participation  Female Literacy and Citizenship EarlyChildhoodPrograms FamilyTrainingPrograms Women’s Support & Literacy Programs

Other Education Program and Projects Education Programs via TV “Will you Play With Me?” education via TV to expand ECE across Turkey (TRT episodes) “Our Class” education via TV to expand funcitonal literacy across Turkey (Kanal D- 60 episodes) “It’s Good to be a Father” educational documentary program on fathers’ role and importance on children’s development (NTV - 8 episodes) Activities for Increasing awareness and informing “7 is too Late” Advocacy Campaign nationwide campaign to create awareness on and increase early childhood education in Turkey “7 is too Late” web site Web site that includes information about ECE for educators and parents IMPACT Project e-course and forum for supporting parents of 3-10 age olds Qualifly - Home Literacy Project Platform to share experiences of institutions that works on Family Literacy Reproductive Health Program in Turkey: Mass Media Campaign Media campaign for increasing awareness about safe-motherhood and infant’s health Attaining Gender Equality in Education and Social Participation aims to reduce gender inequalities in primary education and to increase the participation of women in activities outside of the domestic sphere

Mother Child Education Program

Preschool Education Program

Summer Preschool Program

Father Support Program

 An Evaluation of the Functional Adult Literacy Program (1997)  An Evaluation of the Mother Child Education Program—(A Fair Chance) (1998)  Adult Literacy: Issues of Personal and Community Development (2000)  Functional Literacy, Television News and Social Participation: Linkages Between Mass Media and Empowerment of Women (2000)  An Evaluation of the Preschool Parent Child Program’s Anatolian Pilot Implementation Project ( )  Need Assessment in Early Childhood Education and An Evaluation of Children’s Level of Linguistic Competence in Three Provinces of Turkey (2002)  An Evaluation of the Effects of TV Program Entitled ‘Will You Play With Me?’ (2003)  Continuing Effects of Early Intervantion in Adult Life (2004)  A Cost Benefit Analysis of Preschool Education in Turkey (2004)  Early Childhood Education for Social and Economic Development: Importance, Benefit and Proposals for Dissemination (2007) Research Projects

 AÇEV is the Central Asian Regional Representative for the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development.  AÇEV is the UNESCO Early Childhood Cooperating Center for Central Asia under UNESCO Childhood Partnership Program.  AÇEV is the Founding International Partner of Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. These two instutions are in collaboration in order to imrove the lives of children around the Globe and work together to plan a global strategy for early childhood.  AÇEV’s Programs are implemented in either Turkish or Arabic to serve either immigrant or local communities in the various countries. Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Bahrain Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AÇEV’s International Projects

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