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11<br />

FIGURE 11.3:<br />

There is wide disparity in access to early childhood education programmes between <strong>and</strong> within countries<br />

Percentage of children aged 3 <strong>and</strong> 4 years attending an early childhood education programme, <strong>and</strong> percentage of first grade primary school students who<br />

participated in pre-primary education the previous year by wealth, selected countries, 2009–2015<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

%<br />

40<br />

Attended pre-primary school the previous year,<br />

richest 20%<br />

Attended pre-primary school the previous year,<br />

poorest 20%<br />

Attended pre-primary school the previous year<br />

20<br />

0<br />

4-year-olds attending early childhood education<br />

programme<br />

3-year-olds attending early childhood education<br />

programme<br />

Iraq, 2011<br />

C. A. R., 2010<br />

Mali, 2015<br />

Bosnia/Herzeg., 2011–12<br />

Benin, 2014<br />

Lao PDR, 2011–12<br />

Guinea-Bissau, 2014<br />

Belize, 2011<br />

Gambia, 2010<br />

Myanmar, 2009–10<br />

TFYR Macedonia, 2011<br />

Kyrgyzstan, 2014<br />

Bangladesh, 2012–13<br />

Nigeria, 2011<br />

Montenegro, 2013<br />

Algeria, 2012–13<br />

Swazil<strong>and</strong>, 2010<br />

S. Tome/Principe, 2014<br />

Sudan, 2014<br />

Oman, 2014<br />

Nepal, 2014<br />

Dominican Rep., 2014<br />

Suriname, 2010<br />

Mongolia, 2013–14<br />

Tunisia, 2011–12<br />

Serbia, 2014<br />

Kazakhstan, 2010–11<br />

Qatar, 2014<br />

Costa Rica, 2011<br />

Argentina, 2011–12<br />

Guyana, 2014<br />

Panama, 2014<br />

Saint Lucia, 2012<br />

Rep. Moldova, 2014<br />

El Salvador, 2014<br />

Jamaica, 2011<br />

Belarus, 2012<br />

Viet Nam, 2013–14<br />

Thail<strong>and</strong>, 2012–13<br />

Source: MICS final <strong>and</strong> key findings reports.<br />

QUALITY<br />

The early childhood target explicitly emphasizes<br />

education of good quality. Quality may be understood in<br />

this context as the extent to which school <strong>and</strong> classroom<br />

settings (including structures <strong>and</strong> teaching processes)<br />

<strong>and</strong> systems support the holistic development of<br />

children, particularly those at risk of social exclusion.<br />

SYSTEMS<br />

OUTCOMES<br />

LEARNERS<br />

SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM SETTINGS<br />

The effectiveness of early childhood education in terms<br />

of outcomes (in particular, executive function, socialemotional<br />

development, motor development, <strong>and</strong><br />

pre-academic skills that improve the school readiness<br />

of children) is described in the next section. This section<br />

focuses on tools that assess quality in processes <strong>and</strong><br />

structures, <strong>and</strong> – to a lesser extent – systems.<br />

DEFINING QUALITY IN SETTINGS<br />

AND SYSTEMS<br />

Much of the information on quality in early childhood<br />

education has been generated through observation<br />

of classrooms, surveys of teachers <strong>and</strong> directors, <strong>and</strong><br />

examination of policies <strong>and</strong> regulations. This approach<br />

to defining <strong>and</strong> measuring quality relies on observable<br />

attributes of early childhood education services that<br />

research has linked to children’s future school achievement<br />

<strong>and</strong> well-being. The approach has its critics, who argue that<br />

quality should be defined as context-based, subjective,<br />

relative <strong>and</strong> based on values (Dahlberg et al., 1999).<br />

CONTEXT<br />

Economic, political <strong>and</strong> social conditions<br />

210<br />

CHAPTER 11 | TARGET 4.2 – EARLY CHILDHOOD

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