It’s Not Too Late to Act on Early Learning
Understanding and recovering from the impact of pre-primary education closures during COVID-19
Publication date: 2021-03
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Innocenti Research Briefs
No. of pages: 14
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Abstract
This paper presents a new estimate that pre-primary school closures in 2020 may cost today’s young children US$1.6 trillion in lost earnings over their lifetimes. Children in middle-income countries will be most greatly affected. However, most low- and middle- income countries are leaving pre-primary education out of their responses to COVID-19. This paper also draws lessons from evaluations of accelerated, bridging and remedial programmes on how introducing or expanding these transition programmes in the early years can mitigate the long-term impact on learning from pre-primary school closures.
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