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

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 3 Access to early childhood education and development programs reported through household surveys (HH) and gross enrollment percentages in preprimary reported through administrative data (Admin) by year for selected countries

Sources. MICS: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and UNICEF Bangladesh. 2019; RSOC: India Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and UNICEF. 2014; DHS:; Gross enrollment rate (GER) and annual net enrollment rate (ANER) data were extracted from UNESCO UIS Stat http://data.uis.unesco.org/ on 17 June 2020 and November 2 2020
Interpretation of GER. “The GER for pre-primary education indicates a country’s theoretical capacity to accommodate children below the age when they start primary school education. A high value generally indicates a high degree of participation, regardless of children’s ages. Thus, it does not indicate the proportion of pre-primary age children actually enrolled (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2017), as some children may be over or under the official pre-primary age group. For example, if the official age group for pre-primary education in a country is ages 3 to 5, the GER will include children who are below 3 (underage) or above 6 years (overage).” Extracted from Metadata for the global and thematic indicators for the follow-up and review of SDG 4 and Education 2030. http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/metadata-global-thematic-indicators-sdg4-education2030-2017-en_1.pdf [uis.unesco.org] (accessed on 15 November 2017)