Kidzee’s Pune Seminar to Create Awareness on Early Childhood Care& Education and Child Abuse
Pune, 20th October 2015: Kidzee, the largest network of pre-school chain in Asia, organized a special seminar in Pune to create awareness on importance of Early Childhood & Care (ECCE) and prevention of Child Abuse on October 17th, 2015 at Kidzee, Baner. This seminar was part of Zee Learn Limited’s ‘I Care’, an initiative to sensitize parents and society on issues related to children. The seminar was open to all parents and kids and saw active participation from both. Mr.Kingston D’Souza, General Manager–Academics, Zee Learn Ltd graced the occasion as chief guest and interacted with all participants.
Operated by Zee Learn Limited, Kidzee is a market leader in pre-school category in India and has touched the lives of over 4, 00,000 Kids. Creating awareness through specialized seminars and reaching that large a number of children, is a feat unparalleled with any other Education provider. As per the study ‘Child Abuse: India 2007’ conducted by Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, two out of three children are physically abused and every second child faces emotional abuse in India. The children physically and emotionally abused in family situations constituted 88.6% and parental abuse constituted 83%. Such data demands quick and impactful action through such initiatives.
‘ICare’ is a nationwide, child-abuse prevention programmefrom Zee Learn tosensitize people about child abuse, the nature and symptoms of abuse, and preventive measures to combat this menace plaguing the society.In the past, Zee Learn has conducted more than 5000 seminarson ICarewhich reached out to more than 5, 00,000 children’s 10,00,000 parents across all Kidzee Preschools in India.
Going by various research reports, it is proven that a child’s brain develops the most until age of 6 years.Brain research over the past 2 decades throws light on this, there are more neural connections in a 6 year’s old brain than an adolescent or even an adult. Being a pioneer and a leader in ECCE, Kidzee has set incomparable standards in the area of Child Development & Education space. Specialized offerings from Kidzee ensures a child gets user-friendly curriculum and a safe learning environment, leading to well-rounded growth and development as an individual
On this occasion,Mr. Kingston D’Souza, General Manager – Academics, Zee Learn Ltd, said “Kidzeebelieves each child is unique and so is yours. We aim to inform and guide parents in ECCE and prevention of Child abuse so that these issues can be tackled early on. For holistic development and creating global leaders in future, these small steps count a lot and shape outlook of children.”
Over the years, Zee Learn Ltd has achieved many recognitions, in the year 2015-16, Zee Learn was conferred with the award of India’s Most Trusted Educational Brand for the year by Trust Research Advisory. Kidzee was awarded the Most Trusted Preschool Brand in the year 2014-15. Kidzee also ranked no 1 in India’s Most Attractive Brands 2015 list in the education and pre-school category.
About Kidzee
Kidzee is the largest preschool chain in Asia and pioneer in Early Childhood Care and Education. With an incredible network with over 1500 centers in more than 500+ cities, it is committed to spearheading child development across the nation. Having touched the lives of more than 400000 children in India, Kidzee, remains focused on nurturing the ‘unique potential’ in every child.
For more information, log onto: www.kidzee.com
About Zee Learn Limited
Zee Learn is one of the leading companies in Education in India with the fastest growing chain of K-12 schools and India’s No 1 chain of pre-schools in its portfolio. The company runs India’s No. 1 chain of preschools, Kidzee with over 1500 centers in more than 500+ cities.
Zee Learn acts as a consultant to local entrepreneurs who wish to setup K-12 schools, under its brand name Mount Litera Zee Schools and provides end to end Education management and Advisory services. Mount Litera Zee Schools is now the second largest chain of schools in the private-unaided category with more than 80 schools in 75 cities.
For more information, log onto www.zeelearn.com
