InvEStIng EarLy, InvEStIng SmartLy, and InvEStIng For aLL ...

Investing Early, Investing Smartly, and Investing for All

Laying the Foundation for

Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka

Investing Early, Investing Smartly, and Investing for All

Laying the Foundation for

Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka

June 2014 Human Development Unit South Asia Region

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Table of Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms....................................................................................................................................................vii

Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................................................................................... ix Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................................................................................E1

Chapter 1: Early Childhood Care and Education for Economic and Social Development.................................... 2

1.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................................................................5 1.2 The Importance of Early Childhood Care and Education for Sri Lanka's Economic and Social Development............. 3 1.3 Objective and Scope of the Report.............................................................................................................................................................8

ChapterTwo: Creating an Enabling Environment for Early Childhood Care and Education in Sri Lanka.................................... 10

2.1 The Evolution of ECCE Policy in Sri Lanka...............................................................................................................................................11 2.2 Analyzing the Quality of Sri Lanka's Integrated ECCE Policy Framework...................................................................................12 2.3 The Legal Framework for Governance of ECE in Sri Lanka...............................................................................................................13 2.4 The Way Forward...............................................................................................................................................................................................15

Chapter 3: Patterns of Access and Participation in Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka............................16

3.1. ECE Provision in Sri Lanka..............................................................................................................................................................................17 3.2 Trends in Access and Participation in ECE...............................................................................................................................................18 3.3 Equitable Access to ECE in Sri Lanka.........................................................................................................................................................19 3.4 The Way Forward...............................................................................................................................................................................................20

Chapter 4: Enhancing the Quality of Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka..................................................22

4.1 A Framework for Early Childhood Education Quality.........................................................................................................................23 4.2 Quality of ECE Inputs in Sri Lanka...............................................................................................................................................................24 4.3 The Quality of Teaching, Learning Processes and Outcomes.........................................................................................................26 4.4 Sri Lanka's Monitoring and Quality Assurance System for ECE......................................................................................................27 4.5 The Way Forward...............................................................................................................................................................................................27

Chapter 5: Financing Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka...........................................................................30

5.1 Public and Private Spending on ECE in Sri Lanka.................................................................................................................................31 5.2 Sri Lanka's ECE Investment in the Global Context...............................................................................................................................32 5.3 Options for Financing ECE in Sri Lanka....................................................................................................................................................32 5.4 The Way forward................................................................................................................................................................................................33

References................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36

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