Description

The UNESCO Regional Baseline on SDG4 (2018) reported that 15 out of 38 countries in the region, most of which are middle or low-income countries, enroll less than 50% of children in their ECCE programmes. Additionally, due to the lack of qualified and trained teachers, developmentally appropriate curriculum, and availability of play and learning materials, the quality of learning tends to be poor.

In order to effectively address inequity in access and poor quality of pre-primary education and ultimately contributing to the fulfillment of the SDG commitments, this project aims to equip Member States with a tool for realistic costing and formulating appropriate financing of SDG4.2 to ensure systematic implementation of free and compulsory pre-primary education in Asia Pacific Region.