Description: Access to Pre-Primary Education and Progression in Primary School : Evidence from Rural Guatemala

Access to Pre-Primary Education and Progression in Primary School : Evidence from Rural Guatemala

Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in pre-primary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural comm...

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Main Authors:	Bastos, Paulo, Bottan, Nicolas L., Cristia, Julian
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS EARLY EDUCATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION COMMUNITIES PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS BASIC EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS BARRIER ILLITERACY SCHOOLING SCHOOL DROPOUT TUITION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT BIAS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HIGH SCHOOL EXCLUSION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER ENROLLMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL RE-ENTRY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH EARLY GRADES ADULTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LIFE EXPECTANCY BIASES EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS EDUCATION FOR ALL POPULATION CENSUS NER PRIMARY SCHOOL OUTCOMES HIGH RATES OF REPETITION QUALITY OF EDUCATION CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HEAD START TRAINING PRIMARY SCHOOL REPETITION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM CHILD DEVELOPMENT PARENTAL EDUCATION EDUCATION FOR WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNING ACCESS INSTRUCTION METHODS SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CENTERS COGNITIVE OUTCOMES GROSS ENROLLMENT SCHOOL-AGE KINDERGARTEN PROGRESS PRIMARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT BY GRADE SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL YEAR ACCESS TO DATA KINDERGARTENS PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS RURAL COMMUNITIES TRANSPORTATION CHILDREN WITHOUT ACCESS ENROLLMENT RATES BARRIERS SCHOOLS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PARTICIPATION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER GENDER ENROLLMENT RATE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PREPRIMARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD DISADVANTAGED GROUPS PRESCHOOL EDUCATION MALNUTRITION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POLICY TEACHER CHILDREN GENDERS EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE EARLY INTERVENTION INVESTMENT MATERNAL EDUCATION RURAL AREAS SCHOOL COVERAGE INSTRUCTION CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POPULATION LABOR SUPPLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GIRLS STUDENTS HIGHER GRADE INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMMUNITY PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN REPETITION RATES CLASSROOM SCHOOL SAFETY PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION ATTENDANCE RATE HIGHER GRADES PEACE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25959163/access-pre-primary-education-progression-primary-school-evidence-rural-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23893

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Summary:	Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in pre-primary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural communities in Guatemala, where the number of pre-primary schools increased from about 5,300 to 11,500 between 1998 and 2005. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference-in-differences framework, the analysis finds that access to pre-primary education increased by 2.4 percentage points the proportion of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade by age 12. These positive although limited effects suggest the need for complementary actions to produce substantial improvements in adequate progression.

Access to Pre-Primary Education and Progression in Primary School : Evidence from Rural Guatemala

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