Nursery World - World leaders told to invest more in the early years

World leaders are being called on to invest more in the early years as new research shows less than 2 per cent of the global aid budget goes to pre-primary education.

The report reveals how much money donor countries spend on early years aid, PHOTO Theirworld

The latest analysis from global children’s charity Theirworld reveals that aid to post-secondary education, which it says primarily benefits those from wealthier backgrounds, is 37 times larger than spending on pre-primary education.

Based upon data reported by donors to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), It tracks whether donors are meeting TheirWorld’s recommended target of investing at least 10 per cent of their education aid budget on pre-primary education.

The analysis provides an update to the charity’s 2021 report, ‘A Better Start?’, which ranked donors’ performance on pre-primary education and early childhood development, with data up to 2019.

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