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Table 1 Current status of ECD policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

From: Early Childhood Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Status

Name of Countries

No national intersectional ECD Policy

Dem. Rep. of Congo

 

Rep. of Congo

Somalia

Equatorial Guinea

South Sudan

Gabon

Sudan

Guinea-Bissau

Togo

Sao Tome and Principe

Zimbabwe

National intersectional ECD Policy drafted/or being drafted

Angola

Mozambique

Cameroon

Sierra Leone

Cape Verde

Swaziland

Chad

Tanzania

Cote d’Ivoire

Uganda

Lesotho

Zambia

Madagascar

 

National intersectional ECD Policy approved

Benin

Malawi

Burkina Faso

Mali

Burundi

Mauritania

Central African

Mauritius

Comoros

Namibia

Eritrea

Niger

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Gambia, The

Rwanda

Ghana

Senegal

Guinea

Seychelles

Kenya

South Africa

Liberia

 
  1. Note. Adapted from “Review of policy and planning indicators in early childhood” (Vargas-Baron and Schipper, 2012)