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Table 1 Global indicators of Target 4.2 on early childhood development

From: Global tracking of access and quality in early childhood care and education

Target and Indicators

 

4.2

By 2030, all girls and boys have access to quality early child development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education

4.2.1

Proportion of children aged 24 and 59 months of age who are developmentally on track in health, learning, and psychosocial wellbeing, by sex

4.2.2

Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex

4.2.3

Percentage of children under 5 years experiencing positive and stimulating home learning environments

4.2.4

Gross early childhood education enrollment ratio in (a) preprimary education and (b) early childhood educational developmenta

4.2.5

Number of years of (a) free and (b) compulsory preprimary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

  1. aUNESCO defines the gross enrollment rate (GER) as the “total enrolment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education in a given school year” (UNESCO, 2009, p. 9). Global indicators that are part of the global monitoring agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals are noted in bold. Thematic indicators, or those that cover a broader range of sectorial priorities but are not part of the official global monitoring agenda, are not noted in bold