Tag: school readiness
© Ian Attfield, DFID Education Adviser Tanzania Bringing back a forgotten generation into education
I’ve been the prophet of doom for some time in education sector dialogue in Tanzania, pointing out that the fairly static school enrolment information, coupled with the rapidly expanding demographics (a fertility rate close to 5 children per woman), means that increasing volumes of children are either never enrolling, enrolling late or dropping out early… Read more
Impact of school readiness program interventions on children’s learning in Cambodia
To reduce the high repetition rates in early years of primary school, the government of Cambodia piloted a school readiness program (SRP) in the first two months of Grade 1 of primary school.This study examines whether such intervention has effects on students’ immediate acquisition of school readiness skills as well as students’ longer term achievement… Read more