With a view towards the post-2015 agenda, this piece published in the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s biannual journal – Early Childhood Matters – takes stock of the current accessibility of pre-primary education, the main forms of delivery, and the key challenges.
The article reviews current global trends and highlights lessons learned from country case studies, drawing on data from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), the World Bank and other international agencies as well as innovative preschool programmes featured by the Center for Education Innovations.