Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Works on establishing ways to promote quality childcare
Inclusive Quality Education
Focused on understanding how to make education systems responsive to the learning needs of children and youth from diverse backgrounds.
This involves addressing issues of quality, equity, and equality in education across various dimensions such as education in emergencies, special needs education, urban education, out-of-school children and youth, teaching effectiveness, learning outcomes and assessment, foundational skills, children farthest left behind in schooling opportunities, and building education system resilience during and after emergencies (such as COVID-19).
Childcare Patterns
We work on establishing ways to promote quality childcare, especially for the urban poor, and establish the impact of quality childcare on children’s developmental outcomes.
Our work will also operationalize and prioritize the components of the NCF that heighten child development, particularly among vulnerable children.
Under this program, our work will also examine gender roles in childcare, focusing on unpaid care work and its effect on women’s economic empowerment.
Education and Technology
Understanding how countries in SSA could leverage education technology to solve existing and emerging educational challenges.
This will include, but not be limited to, addressing EdTech in contemporary learning spaces, the future of physical classrooms, the digital divide, EdTech, and emergencies (e.g., COVID-19), virtual learning technology, innovative pedagogies, curriculum alignment to technology, and student learning.
Integration of ECD Into the Health Care System
Solidify our focus on informing the integration of ECD into the health care system.
Early Care and Education (ECE)
Establish how to support young children and their families from the prenatal period through the middle school period at age 8.
We will use an approach that promotes equitable access to a high-quality early childhood experience and consider ways to enhance school readiness as children enter the schooling system at age 4 to ensure schooling success.
Related Projects
Related Publications
- Early Childhood Development (ECD), Human Development
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- Health and Wellbeing, Human Development
- Education and Youth Empowerment(EYE), Human Development