Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings : progress and challenges in Ethiopia

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Title	Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings : progress and challenges in Ethiopia
Authors	K. Orkin, W. Abebe Yadete, M. Woodhead
Year	2012
Publisher	Bernard van Leer Foundation
Place	The Hague
Pages	xii, 88
ISBN	978-90-6195-126-1
Series title	Working papers in Early Childhood Development : Studies in Early Childhood Transitions
Series number	59
ISSN	1383-7907
Organisation	Bernard van Leer Foundation
Subject	Education, Science and Technology
Keywords	children, education, government
Region	East Africa
Country	Ethiopia
Language	English
Category	General
Document type	Report
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.
Rights	© 2012 Bernard van Leer Foundation
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