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Investing in School Readiness: An Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorNakajima, Nozomi
dc.contributor.authorHasan, Amer
dc.contributor.authorJung, Haeil
dc.contributor.authorBrinkman, Sally
dc.contributor.authorPradhan, Menno
dc.contributor.authorKinnell, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-13T19:27:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-13T19:27:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents evidence on the cost-effectiveness of early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia. It documents the existence of substantial differences in school readiness between 6 to 9 year old children. Using detailed enrollment histories, it unpacks whether and how early education experiences explain these gaps. The analysis considers not only the sequence of services children enroll in, but also the age at which they enroll and the duration for which they enroll. The differences in primary school test scores between a child who has no early education exposure and a child who completes a full sequence at the developmentally appropriate age are 0.42 standard deviations in language and 0.43 standard deviations in mathematics, roughly equivalent to an additional 0.9 to 1.2 years of primary schooling. The paper analyzes the cost-effectiveness of various early education pathways in Indonesia to show that providing access to both playgroups and kindergartens to young children at developmentally appropriate ages can optimize public investments in early childhood education. The paper subjects the analysis to a variety of robustness checks, and concludes that children enrolled in play-based early education programs (playgroups) at age 3 or 4, followed by the country's more academically structured programs (kindergartens) at age 5 or 6, are more likely to be ready for primary school than children who do not follow this sequence. Compulsory pre-primary education policy should consider incorporating both playgroups and kindergartens.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26816422/investing-school-readiness-analysis-cost-effectiveness-early-childhood-education-pathways-rural-indonesia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7832
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25148
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7832
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectearly childhood development
dc.subjectsequence
dc.subjectprimary education
dc.subjectrural schools
dc.subjecteffectiveness
dc.titleInvesting in School Readinessen
dc.title.subtitleAn Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesiaen
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okr.crossref.titleInvesting in School Readiness: An Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesia
okr.date.disclosure2016-09-26
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26816422/investing-school-readiness-analysis-cost-effectiveness-early-childhood-education-pathways-rural-indonesia
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7832
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7832
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.unitEducation Global Practice Group
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