Project Lead(s): Aisha Yousafzai
Eighty-eight million young children worldwide are estimated to drop out before completing primary school education, resulting in serious repercussions for human capital formation. Early Childhood Development interventions that prepare children for school may lead to reductions in early dropout.
At the Aga Khan University, working with colleagues at Stanford University and the University of British Columbia, we are doing research to understand how early infant and toddler interventions affect four-year-old children who need to successfully regulate their behaviour and attention, in order to adapt and succeed when they begin school. Such research can influence decisions to allocate public funding to early childhood interventions.