Publication: Early Childhood Education and Care: A Focused Review of Preschool Education in Tajikistan
Date
2019-06-25
ISSN
Published
2019-06-25
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Tajikistan’s human capital, eroded by
the country’s civil war (1992–97), remains low today.
According to analyses by the World Bank’s Human Capital
Project, a child born in Tajikistan today is expected to be
53 percent as productive as he or she could be with full
health and complete education. High rates of childhood
stunting, low preschool coverage and low learning outcomes
are the major reasons for underperformance. Accordingly,
Tajikistan has made it a development priority to invest in
high quality early childhood development (ECD) and early
childhood education and care (ECEC). Given Tajikistan’s
overwhelmingly young population and high birth rates (box
W1), the government is right to address its human capital
shortcoming by investing in its youth. High quality ECD and
ECEC investments are vital: they yield high economic and
social returns by improving child health, education access
and quality, and cognitive and psychosocial development.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Early Childhood Education and Care: A Focused Review of Preschool Education in Tajikistan. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32095 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”