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Author: Paul Oburu

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Getting every child ready to learn

Getting every child ready to learn

Data and research

By Dr. Elizabeth Spier, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Paul Oburu

  Quality pre-primary education is critical to a child’s cognitive, social and emotional development, growth, school readiness and future economic potential. However, only 42 per cent of children in sub-Saharan Africa participate in any organized pre-primary education before the typical enrolment age for grade one. And those that… Read more →←

Paul Oburu is a Research Associate Professor at New York University and Associate Professor of Psychology at Maseno University, Kenya. He is the project director of Education Quality and Learning for All (EQUAL) Global Research Network based at New York University and New York University-Abu Dhabi.

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