Report on baseline study to support PLAN Cambodia’s Integrated ECCD Projects in Siem Reap, Tbong Khmum and Ratanakiri provinces (Peer Reviewed)

This report presents key findings from a baseline study designed to support monitoring and evaluation of Plan International (Cambodia’s) integrated ECCD projects in Siem Reap (SR), Tbong Khmum (TK) and Ratanakiri (RK) provinces. The study was designed to provide an overview of the current situation in each province with regard to: Three to five year old children’s developmental status (as measured by an adapted version of the East Asia Pacific Early Childhood Development Scales – EAP-ECDS, which incorporates seven domains: Cognitive Development, Socio-Emotional Development, Motor Development, Language and Emergent Literacy, Health, Hygiene and Safety, Cultural Knowledge and Participation, and Approaches to Learning); Health status of children aged 0-5 years, as measured by anthropometric surveys; Family environments of children aged 0-5 years, as measured through the PLAN Parental Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) survey, which includes items on parental awareness of and habits related to the 12 Key Family Practices; parent perceptions of early stimulation and the importance of early childhood education, and parental self-efficacy / confidence; Community leaders’ perceptions on the extent to which their communities can be seen to be child friendly, as measured by an adapted version of the Child Friendly Community Self-Assessment Tool; Preschool ‘quality’ (as measured by the Cambodia Early Childhood Education Environment rating scale for community preschools (CECEE) and preschool teachers’ confidence levels (as measured by a teacher self-efficacy scale)