Arab Republic of Egypt : Strategic Options for Early Childhood Education

In 2001,the Egyptian government announced its intention to build on progress toward improved child health, and education by increasing enrollment rates in kindergarten (KG) programs, and improving early childhood education. The repot examines the status of KG enrollment, stipulating fifty percent is in private schools, and, most programs in the private sector are developed, and managed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and religious schools. Notwithstanding, poor children still face many barriers to KG enrollment: there is a strong correlation between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and gross enrollment in KG in Egypt - the poorest governorates in Upper, and Lower Egypt have the lowest KG enrollment rates, and, there are disparities between KG enrollment rates for girls, and boys. Key priorities for KG expansion suggest the adoption of comprehensive approaches to pre-service, and in-service training; development of an official KG curriculum; integrated health and nutrition services to improve ability to learn; and, adoption of a participatory approach to quality improvement. Strategies to expand KG should focus on strengthening coordination, and management of early childhood education (ECE), to improve access to public KG, but most importantly, provide support for teacher training through supervision, and mentoring programs. Restrictions to private sector participation in public KG expansion should be revised within a regulatory framework, while incentives should be created for improved access to disadvantaged children.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-09
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT, ACTIVE LEARNING, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ADULT ILLITERACY, AGE GROUPS, AGED, ANEMIA, BASIC EDUCATION, CHILD CARE, CHILD CARE CENTERS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILDCARE, CHILDREN, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CLASS SIZE, CLASSROOM SETTING, CLASSROOMS, COGNITION, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT, DIARRHEA, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, EARLY EDUCATION, ECCD, ECD, EDUCATION, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, FAMILIES, GENDER, GER, GIRLS, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, HEALTH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, INFANTS, INFECTION, INTERVENTIONS, IRON, KINDERGARTEN, LANGUAGE SKILLS, LEARNING, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY PROGRAMS, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATES, NER, NET ENROLLMENT, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NURSERY SCHOOL, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD CHILDREN, PAPERS, PARASITES, PARENT EDUCATION, PARENT PARTICIPATION, PARENTS, PARTNERSHIP, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, POOR, POOR CHILDREN, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, READING, REPETITION, REPETITION RATES, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, STUNTING, TEACHER, TEACHER DEPLOYMENT, TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, TEACHERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, UNDERNUTRITION, WASTING, WORKPLACE, YOUNG CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, EDUCATION & THE POOR, ENROLMENT RATIO, REGIONAL DISPARITY, GENDER DIFFERENCES, TEACHER TRAINING, NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2522312/egypt-strategic-options-early-childhood-education https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15273
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