The Early Childhood Intervention and Parental Involvement in Bangladesh, 2016-2021

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In this project, we introduce and test alternative models of early childhood interventions- traditional kindergarten versus home visit- that could be effectively adapted for implementation at scale. The project uses a large scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in rural communities to evaluate the efficacy of three early childhood interventions: a preschool program, this program combined with a parent academy, and combined with home visit. The first intervention established a pre-school program. The second intervention included weekly home visit by teachers/caregivers to demonstrate parent-child interactions and learning environment at home. The third intervention combined pre-school program with home visit. The research involves 7000 children from 223 villages in southwestern Bangladesh. Our evidence shows that the establishing traditional kindergarten is the most cost-effective way to improve children’s early learning outcomes in remote rural area in Bangladesh.In this project, we introduce and test alternative models of early childhood interventions- traditional kindergarten versus home visit- that could be effectively adapted for implementation at scale. We use a large scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in rural communities to evaluate the efficacy of three early childhood interventions: a preschool program, this program combined with a parent academy, and combined with home visit. The first intervention established a pre-school program. The second intervention included weekly home visit by teachers/caregivers to demonstrate parent-child interactions and learning environment at home. The third intervention combined pre-school program with home visit. The research involves 7000 children from 223 villages in southwestern Bangladesh. Our evidence shows that the establishing traditional kindergarten is the most cost-effective way to improve children’s early learning outcomes in remote rural area in Bangladesh.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-855543
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=065bd53be99c986c6f1a39e1e3e95fce8987118223c89485aca4070c17cfd59b
Provenance
Creator Asad, I, Monash University
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2022
Funding Reference Economic and Social Research Council
Rights Islam Asad, Monash University; The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
OpenAccess true
Representation
Language English
Resource Type Numeric; Text
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Khulna; Bangladesh