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Home » Innovations » 1911-31103

School Readiness Initiative: Scaling up a comprehensive early child care and education program in resource poor settings in Ethiopia

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Start Date: 01/05/2019- End Date: 30/09/2021


Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with half of its population under 18 years of age. Education is recommended as an effective route to reduce poverty, but it is limited in Ethiopia due to high drop-out rates. A lack of comprehensive, quality preschool preparation contributes to dropout rates. School Readiness Initiative plans to scale up its effective and modern early child care and education program in Ethiopia to address this. School Readiness Initiative's approach includes culturally appropriate teacher training programs, cognitive, mental and physical health programs, parenting education and family counselling, and has been shown to improve school readiness.

  • Innovation Overview
    Institution

    School Readiness Initiative (SRI)

    Institution Country

    Ethiopia

    Implementation Country

    Ethiopia

    Priority

    Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development

    Platform

    Behaviour Change Communication, Diagnostics, Drug, Health Provider training, Non-health provider training, Service Delivery, Task-shifting

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