Early childhood education

Early childhood education can be delivered through public preschools and kindergartens, encouraged by supporting parents to engage with their child’s education, or both.

Early childhood stimulation

Evidence shows that encouraging caregivers to play and interact with children improves cognitive development.

Providing early learning opportunities for young children (Lao PDR)

This case study examines the alternative learning opportunities for young children provided by UNICEF and the Government of Lao PDR.

Examining What Works in Pre-Primary: A Review of the Evidence

This review provides a summary of existing research on pre-primary and highlights factors associated with high-quality programming in low- and middle-income countries and resource-limited contexts.

It’s Not Too Late to Act on Early Learning: Understanding and recovering from the impact of pre-primary education closures during COVID-19

This paper presents lessons on how transition programmes can mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pre-primary school closures on learning.

COVID-19: Trends, Promising Practices and Gaps in Remote Learning for Pre-Primary Education

This paper highlights trends, gaps, and emerging promising practices from the countries' remote learning responses implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: A reason to double down on investments in pre-primary education

Investing in early childhood education has proven benefits, yet even before COVID-19, at least 175 million children were missing out on pre-primary education.