Strategy and Work Programe
The the primary focus of the DNPF’s work is to help enhance the training and support provided to ECD teachers and caretakers, mobilize the support of parents and local government officials, and help the development centers become high-quality early learning centers. It is doing so by developing and implementing in some of the poorest regions of Thailand pilot projects for training, coaching and mentoring teachers in high-quality ECD that, in general, have shown excellent results. DNPF is then encouraging local authorities and other stakeholders to replicate and scale up such projects for the eventual benefit of all the 19,000 ECD centers in Thailand. DNPF is also endeavoring to increase national awareness of the value of high quality ECD programs.
2020-2022
Currently the COVID-19 crisis has necessitated the closing of all the ECD centers in Surin. During this period the DNPF team as well as members of the Faculty of Education of SRU are endeavoring to support teachers and caretakers and other stakeholders via LINE and other technologies and with a particular focus on helping parents and grandparents in home schooling of their children.
2019-2020
This report focuses first on the design, implementation and results of the pilot project in Surin. It then outlines how the Foundation is organized and managed before describing the Foundation’s objectives and work program 2018-19 as well as its technical and financial resources. It concludes with a brief discussion about the importance of ECD for Thailand’s future development.