How education and stimulation in early years can help children thrive for a lifetime
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Investing in early childhood education will return 18 takas of social good for every taka spent. Our latest research identifies the smartest ways to help children thrive for a lifetime.
Today, 99 percent of Bangladesh's girls and 97 percent of boys are enrolled in primary school. The great progress in primary education over recent years is the reason that the country has met the two Millennium Development Goals related to primary schooling: universal enrollment and gender equality.
The rest of the education story, however, is not so good. Concerns remain over poor education quality, and enrollment rates beyond the primary level remain low. And one important concern for education is something that appears rather separate: stunting, or the condition of being shorter than normal for one's age. It matters, because it holds back learning and development."
Read more about the research in Bjorn Lomborg’s article in The Daily Star.