Presentations on national and international evidence

Highlights of emerging evidence* from Uganda in 2017:

Almost 50% of Uganda’s ECD centres are neither licensed nor registered. This means that, contrary to official figures, up to 30% of children are likely to be accessing ECCE services.

There are potential inefficiencies of between US $1 - 3 billion if the current status quo in preprimary and primary education is maintained.

Investments in both pre-primary and lower primary education in a streamlined manner would pay for themselves and remove inefficiencies.

Approximately 40% of ECCE caregivers have no qualification whatsoever.

There is demand at all levels for increased government involvement in ECCE provision.

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International evidence of low-cost interventions working at scale:

12-16 week demand-driven School Readiness Programme run by community volunteers in Tanzania found that those who attended had:

• Higher average International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) scores in literacy, numeracy, motor and socio emotional skills than children who had no exposure to ECCE.

The Mother Child Education Programme, targeting mothers of 5-year olds in the lowest income areas in Turkey through 25 weeks of mother’s group meetings and home visits, demonstrated sustained results for children over 22 years. Children went on to have:

• Greater likelihood of staying in school

As the programme has matured and scaled up, the unit cost of delivery has dropped to USD $0.13 per child per day.

• Higher language use, mathematics, and overall academic performance

• Higher aptitude and intelligence scores

• Higher social integration and personal autonomy

• Higher status jobs

• Higher earnings and better relations with peers and families

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SRP is being implemented by the UK aid-funded Education Quality Improvement Programme in Tanzania (EQUIP-T), managed by Cambridge Education, with support from Aga Khan Foundation.

The programme is designed and implemented by ACEV