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Profile of an ECCE Centre

INTEXT QUESTIONS 15.3
Notes
Match column A with column B.

Column A Column B

(a) Ventilation (i) Prevents water borne diseases

(b) Lighting (ii) Strong and durable
(c) Walls and roof (iii) Separate for boys and girls

(d) Toilet facility (iv) Wide and low windows

(e) Safe drinking water (v) More of natural light

15.2.3 Safety of an ECCE Centre: Disaster Management and First
Aid Facility
Disaster planning or crisis management is about anticipating things that may go
wrong, and ensuring safety of the children and staff and preventing avoidable
damage.
Plans to set up an ECCE centre must include a map of effective procedures to
manage emergency situations. ECCE centres should be equipped with
arrangements such as fire extinguishers, sand buckets, provision for first-aid
etc.
Management of disasters requires a dynamic, pre-planned process involving staff,
children, parents and local community. By planning in advance and anticipating
as many health and safety variables as possible, ECCE centres can ensure that
decisions made on the day of a crisis are not only made quickly and effectively
but that they will be correct and automatic responses arising out of the time
spent on pre-planning for disaster.

Caregivers, teachers and other staff should be trained to deal with emergencies
and disasters.There should be a suitably equipped first-aid box for children and
arrangements to call medical assistance in an emergency.

15.3 EQUIPMENT AND LEARNING MATERIALS
Young children continuously grow and learn. With their imagination, they can
transform a match box into a car, a twig into a tree or a piece of stone into an
animal. They do not need expensive toys and equipment to learn. All they need
is developmentally-appropriate play equipment and learning materials with
appropriate guidance. It provides them the opportunity to understand themselves
and the world in which they live.

Let us learn more about equipment and learning materials required for children
in an ECCE centre.
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