WEBSITE REVIEW
BY YOUSHEY ZAKIUDDIN WWW.ECDPAK.COM

For parenthood the all-essential issue still remains that parents are still not sure what stage in the development of their child is most important and influential in building their child’s physical, emotional and intellectual sides.

With respect to a person’s most influential years most doctors and researchers claim that it is the first few years as a child that are most

important in developing the physical, emotional and intellectual capacities.

What is passionately emphasized by the advocates of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is that a good start lays the foundation of a good life, and rightly so.

Every parent realizes that a child who is given ample affection, appreciation, attention, opportunities to communicate, play and learn, good food and healthcare is more likely to grow into a person with sound health, stable emotions and strong intellect.

It is exactly on these lines that ECDPAK.com - a website developed by Sindh Education Foundation under the Releasing Confidence & Creativity (RCC) programme - seeks to inform its users about the essence of ECD and related programs that aim to ensure that parents and teachers are aware of all needs of children that improve their learning skills, health status and emotional behavior.

With substantial sections for parents and teachers, the website is an amazing source of information pertaining to what parents need to know and include in their parenting styles and what teachers need to practice in the classroom. The website, Pakistan’s first website on ECD, keeps full account of the fact that parenting is a practice that embeds in itself elements of culture, religion, the environment and domestic norms of society. The website also extends detailed information on ECD initiatives taken by the government, various donors and other organizations.

A premier feature of the website is a section that invites readers to post queries related to child development. These questions will then be answered by leading ECD experts in Pakistan and their responses will be posted online. Other engaging sections include online versions of Pakistan’s pioneering publications on ECD – Nurture and Parwarish.

ECDPAK also provides a more entertaining side to its educational content. It provides for its users quality photographs and downloadable wallpapers of children which study in ECD classrooms.

So don’t forget to log on to www.ecdpak.com for more educational and interesting information on how children grow, learn and develop during the early years.