Key messages
- Scale up quality preschool education to strengthen early learning outcomes: – Expand public and community preschools, train qualified teachers, and support disadvantaged children; – Pair expansion with remedial programs, continuous learning assessments, and differentiated instruction so lower-performing students catch up, because higher-performing students benefit most from preschool.
- Prioritise high-quality early childhood education in rural areas: new classrooms, qualified teachers, and stronger quality standards to close the urban-rural gap.
- To sustain preschool gains, the Ministry of National Education should strengthen primary schools through better teacher training, reliable learning materials, regular assessments, and targeted support for struggling rural schools.
Key messages as published in the author’s policy brief.