Vision
Provision of quality early childhood education within a safe, inclusive and child friendly environmentMission
The ECCEA aims to provide equal access for all children to quality early childhood education including those at risk of delayed development and disabilities and those coming from conditions of vulnerability, through a child-centered and play-based approach, with the involvement of the parents.
Objectives
The objects of the Authority shall be:
(a) to harmonise and promote integrated early childhood care and Education
policies, strategies and programmes in line with recommendations of
international and national institutions;
(b) to ensure that all programmes
and policies for the education, care and development of the young child in the
Republic of Mauritius are in conformity with the Convention on the Rights of the
Child;
(c) to help ensure a smooth transition of the young child from
preschool to lower primary school.
Main Functions:
advise relevant Ministries on the formulation of policy relating to early
childhood care and education;
(b) implement policies of Government with
regard to early childhood care and education in the Republic of
Mauritius;
(c) implement projects, programmes and activities on early
childhood care and education initiated by the Ministry in collaboration with
line Ministries, non-governmental organisations or local and international
agencies;
(d) build partnerships at local, regional and international
levels for the development of policies and programmes aiming at the social,
emotional, cognitive, moral and spiritual development of the young child as well
as for the promotion and development of education services;
(e) set norms
and standards for play equipment, play materials, play space, furniture, books
and children's literature used by educational institutions;
(f) carry out
the registration and supervision of educational institutions, their managers,
educators and other staff engaged in early childhood care and
education;
(g) advise on the development of training programmes on early
childhood care and education for educators and other staff in educational
institutions;
(h) administer payment of any form of grants to registered
educational institutions and manage grants in collaboration with the relevant
Ministries;
(i) take such action as may be appropriate, in collaboration
with relevant line Ministries and authorities, to prevent any form of violence,
including sexual abuse, negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, on
young children.
(j) the Authority shall have such powers as are necessary
to enable it to effectively attain its objects and discharge its functions and
may, in particular, raise funds and secure financial and other support for its
activities