Education on the move Investing against evidence : the global state of early childhood care and education
Type
E-Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9789231001130
Category
ECCE
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Publication Year
2015
Publisher
UNESCO, Paris, France
URL
[ private ]
Pages
289 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Child care, Child development, Right to education, Universal education, Nursery schools, Access to education, Educational quality, Comparative education
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Abstract
‘This book features … lessons from research and experience from different continents [of ECCE]. Its thematic orientation addressing investment rationales, equity and quality reflects that of the World Conference on ECCE. It argues for reversing the trend of ‘investing against evidence’ so that children – especially the disadvantaged ones – and societies can reap the proven benefits of quality ECCE. The current picture is still sobering: 6.3 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2013. Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia are home to three-quarters of the world’s malnourished children. A wide pre-primary enrolment gap exists between the richest and poorest. Across world regions, the disadvantaged are least served by quality ECCE, despite the fact that they benefit most from such intervention. Pre-primary tends to be allocated the lowest level of public education funding among other levels.’ [Foreword]
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