Tag Archives: early childhood care and education

Building the Foundations: Highlights from ASER 2019 Early Years report

Posted on 17 January 2020 by GEM Report

By Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group For the last fifteen years, Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has provided an important and timely reminder that schooling does not equal learning. There is now wide acceptance that – despite spending … Continue reading →

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Aid to pre-primary education: the gap between rhetoric and reality

Posted on 4 April 2019 by GEM Report

By Professor Pauline Rose, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Many donors increasingly voice their recognition of the importance of pre-primary education in their education policy, but few are matching their public … Continue reading →

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Tracking of aid to early childhood development needs to improve

Posted on 12 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

This blog was written by Asma Zubairi, a researcher at REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. How much do donors spend on early childhood development? This is the key question for our new report for Theirworld Just beginning: Addressing … Continue reading →

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The urgent need for investment in pre-primary education

Posted on 26 June 2017 by GEM Report

By Pauline Rose and Ben Hewitt A child’s most important steps happen before they set foot in a primary school. Early childhood, from birth to age five, is the most critical developmental stage in a person’s life. By their fifth … Continue reading →

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Still learning about early learning in Ethiopia

Posted on 23 February 2017 by GEM Report

By Jack Rossiter, Young Lives, Ethiopia The potential of O-Class in Ethiopia In 2017, the research study I work for, Young Lives, released its first early learning publication: Scaling up Early Learning in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of O-Class [O-Class … Continue reading →

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Target 4.2 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on early childhood education?

Posted on 24 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education The SDG target on early childhood development, care and education is the … Continue reading →