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The Government of Ghana has made a strong commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on access to quality early childhood development services.

As a significant milestone, Ghana launched its first multi-sectoral early childhood care and development (ECCD) policy in 2004. This pioneering move has led to remarkable progress, particularly in expanding access to early childhood education (ECE) programmes for children between the ages of 3 and 6. In 2018, the government strengthened its commitment to children under the age of 3 by publishing the ECCD Standards for 0-3 years. Building on these standards, in 2019 there was a call to action to adopt UNICEF’s Nurturing Care Framework. This emphasised the government’s pledge to ensure good health, provide adequate nutrition, maintain safety and security, offer responsive caregiving, and create opportunities for learning.

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Project approach

At the heart of our approach is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and context-sensitive research methodology.

This methodology is designed to inform policy and practice as well as deepen our understanding of what children in Ghana need to thrive. Maintaining research integrity and objectivity, our studies are designed and executed by teams of local and international researchers in close collaboration with national stakeholders, which includes policymakers, bureaucrats, practitioners, NGOs, and international  organisations.

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Our Ghana partners

  • IPA
  • Lively Minds
  • IFS
  • Data Pivot
  • PDA