Another example is a home visiting programme in Sri Lanka where parents are shown the ways in which daily activities support children's learning skills and provide parents with ways to extend the activities to make them even more useful is supporting the development of children's knowledge and understanding. Programme in the Philippines. The radio programme, created in 1992, known as ECCD School on the Air, consisted of drama, songs, and a talk-show. The programme changed in 1994 to a more informal presentation. Now known as The Filipino Family on the Air , it consists of a 30-minute magazine format.
Television is another important medium.
Third, include parents in school-based learning . Research indicates that the most effective programmes are those where staff treat parents as partners and engage in extensive outreach to parents, such as conducting home visits on a regular basis, to learn from parents and to help them understand the curriculum and their children's development. Within the primary school programme there need to be opportunities for school staff to communicate with parents about the programme and the child. Children's learning is enhanced when parent-teacher relationships are characterized by mutual respect and cooperation. An example is an experiment in parent management of schools in El Salvador.