Investing in a Brighter Future: The Case for Impact Investors in Early Childhood Development
Suggestions for setting ECD on a new trajectory is to attract the category of funders known as impact investors.
Suggestions for setting ECD on a new trajectory is to attract the category of funders known as impact investors.
Ian outlines another way in which the private sector can make a meaningful contribution to the goal of having every child ready to learn by the time he or she enters school.
In this post, Ian describes one way in which the private sector can shift the dial by facilitating the delivery of pre-school learning at scale.
In my previous post, I shared some statistics which illustrate how poorly equipped so many of our children are when they begin formal schooling. I
One of the significant issues facing South Africa’s education system is the lack of access to quality pre-school learning opportunities for children. As a result, when most children start school, they are not equipped with the skills needed to learn. This blog post aims to shed light on this problem and discuss its impact on the educational outcomes of children in South Africa.
If you doubt the ability of the private sector to make an impact, consider this example from South Africa’s renewable energy sector.
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