Early childhood education has a long history in Ethiopia. Laying its foundation on Church and Quran education, modern early childhood education was started at the end of the 19th century. Since then, a lot of work has been done by several governmental and non-governmental organizations. Among the efforts, the national Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy framework, which was formulated in 2010, and the establishment of the Centre for Early Childhood Care and Education (CECCE), in 2014, at Addis Ababa University can be mentioned as significant milestones in changing the landscape of ECCE in Ethiopia. Because of the lack of coordinated efforts among stakeholders ECDE resources are fragmented and efforts are duplicated. To solve these problems, the Together for Early Childhood Evidence Ethiopian task force team launched a research project to create a repository for ECE and ECD data and resources. This collaborative ECD Knowledge Hub gathers ECDE-related resources from various organizations to make them available to researchers, educators, academic, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in early childhood education.
Our Vision
Become the most reliable, valid and comprehensive professional source of data, literature and materials in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) in Ethiopia
Our Mission
Become a national model for other programs in efficient, coordinated and collaborative use of local resources in Ethiopia
Become a bridge between local and international agencies in ECCE in Ethiopia
Improve visibility of local resources in ECCE to the national and international community
Become a platform for exchange of best practices in ECCE in Ethiopia
This hub was developed under the CATALYZE Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) program, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of contract No. 7200AA19C00080, subcontract CATALYZE-Edu-CR-2023-0352. This website was produced by Addis Ababa University and Ethiopian School Readiness Initiative under a subcontract with ECD Measure Group, hosted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center under the Palladium CATALYZE ECE contract and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development.