Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED

Skill formation and human capital accumulation are a lifetime process, and quality early childhood education and development (ECED) is critical for ensuring that children get a head start in this process. Recognizing the importance of ECED, the sus...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, UNICEF
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACCESS TO EDUCATION GENDER GAP EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION FINANCE TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/802671581061700483/Costing-Study-on-Early-Childhood-Education-and-Development-ECED-in-Nepal-A-Case-for-Investment-in-ECED http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34574

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spelling	okr-10986-345742021-05-25T09:58:35Z Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED World Bank UNICEF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACCESS TO EDUCATION GENDER GAP EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION FINANCE TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS Skill formation and human capital accumulation are a lifetime process, and quality early childhood education and development (ECED) is critical for ensuring that children get a head start in this process. Recognizing the importance of ECED, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) include an early childhood development (ECD) target which aims to increase the percentage of children under five years of age who are developmentally on track in health, learning, and psychosocial well-being. Nepal has strived to achieve this target over the past decades, but significant disparities remain. The study provides cost estimates of improving existing and introducing new inputs to improve the quality of ECED in Nepal. The analysis shows that the cost of implementing different policy options while can be considered substantial compared to the current allocation, the increase required compared to the overall education budget is modest. A strong monitoring and evaluation (M and E) system with required data and information on the sub-sector, including data on child development outcomes, needs to be collected on a regular basis to track performance and inform future policies and reforms. 2020-10-06T13:59:49Z 2020-10-06T13:59:49Z 2020-09-22 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/802671581061700483/Costing-Study-on-Early-Childhood-Education-and-Development-ECED-in-Nepal-A-Case-for-Investment-in-ECED http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34574 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank and UNICEF World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study South Asia Nepal
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topic	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACCESS TO EDUCATION GENDER GAP EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION FINANCE TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
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description	Skill formation and human capital accumulation are a lifetime process, and quality early childhood education and development (ECED) is critical for ensuring that children get a head start in this process. Recognizing the importance of ECED, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) include an early childhood development (ECD) target which aims to increase the percentage of children under five years of age who are developmentally on track in health, learning, and psychosocial well-being. Nepal has strived to achieve this target over the past decades, but significant disparities remain. The study provides cost estimates of improving existing and introducing new inputs to improve the quality of ECED in Nepal. The analysis shows that the cost of implementing different policy options while can be considered substantial compared to the current allocation, the increase required compared to the overall education budget is modest. A strong monitoring and evaluation (M and E) system with required data and information on the sub-sector, including data on child development outcomes, needs to be collected on a regular basis to track performance and inform future policies and reforms.
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title	Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED
title_short	Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED
title_full	Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED
title_fullStr	Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED
title_full_unstemmed	Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED
title_sort	costing study on early childhood education and development in nepal : a case for investment in eced
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/802671581061700483/Costing-Study-on-Early-Childhood-Education-and-Development-ECED-in-Nepal-A-Case-for-Investment-in-ECED http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34574
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Costing Study on Early Childhood Education and Development in Nepal : A Case for Investment in ECED

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