Title:
Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings : progress and challenges in Ethiopia
Authors:
Orkin, K.
,
Abebe Yadete, W.
,
Woodhead, M.
Place:
The Hague
Publisher:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Year:
2012
Series Title:
Working papers in Early Childhood Development : Studies in Early Childhood Transitions
Serial number:
59
PAGE:
xii, 88
ISBN:
978-90-6195-126-1
ISSN:
1383-7907
Language:
eng
Subject:
Education, Science and Technology
Keywords:
children
,
education
,
government
Note:
Ethiopia offers a case study in the development of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in low-resource settings, which needs to be understood in the context of recent government priorities to universalise primary education, and low levels of ECCE offered mainly by private and faith-based providers. In 2010, the Ethiopian government designed a national framework for ECCE which offers a real opportunity to strengthen quality and extend access to more disadvantaged groups. This paper reviews these developments, and reports research into the diverse early years trajectories of urban and rural Ethiopian children. The paper builds on the messages of earlier working papers in this Young Lives series, especially the importance of delivering the benefits of ECCE through quality programmes, strong government engagement and sufficient resources.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
East Africa
Category:
General
Right:
© 2012 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
Report
File:
464163.pdf