Access to Pre-Primary Education and Progression in Primary School : Evidence from Rural Guatemala
Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in pre-primary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural comm...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25959163/access-pre-primary-education-progression-primary-school-evidence-rural-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23893 |
| Summary: | Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale
expansion in pre-primary education is limited and mostly
circumscribed to high- and middle-income nations. This study
estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in
primary school in rural communities in Guatemala, where the
number of pre-primary schools increased from about 5,300 to
11,500 between 1998 and 2005. Combining administrative and
population census data in a difference-in-differences
framework, the analysis finds that access to pre-primary
education increased by 2.4 percentage points the proportion
of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade
by age 12. These positive although limited effects suggest
the need for complementary actions to produce substantial
improvements in adequate progression. |
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