Evaluating a Community-Based Early Childhood Education and Development Program in Indonesia

• Tác giả: Menno Pradhan
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 327.59 International relations
• Thông tin xuất bản: BioMed Central, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 294330
• Chủ đề: 1. education; 2. eearly child development; 3. impact evaluation

Tóm tắt

This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a supplementary matched control group. The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. The program was developed in collaboration with the World Bank with a total budget of US27.7 million, and targets an estimated 738,000 children aged 0 to 6 years living in approximately 6,000 poor communities. The aim of the program is to increase access to early childhood services with the secondary aim of improving school readiness.