Tag: Liberia
Working Towards Building a National Integrated ECD Data Collection and Management System in Liberia
By: Dr. Cecelia Cassell, Dean of the William V.S. Tubman Teachers College at the University of Liberia USAID CATALYZE ECCE Together for Early Childhood Evidence (CATALYZE T4ECE) is an initiative implemented by Palladium through ECD Measure at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Learn more here. CATALYZE T4ECE convenes government officials, researchers, and other stakeholders […]
Apr 10, 2024
A Spotlight on Developing Liberia’s First ECE Program Catalogue
Authors: Dr. Cecelia Cassell- Dean at the Teachers College, University of Liberia Gabriel L. Nelson, MPH, CDPM- Director of Early Childhood Education at the Ministry of Education, Liberia The Liberian Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) country task force team, under the leadership of the University of Liberia and the Ministry of Education recently created the country’s first catalog […]
Aug 3, 2022
Together for Early Childhood Evidence Supports four country research projects in Africa
Together for Early Childhood Evidence: Consortium on Pre-Primary Data and Measurement in Africa began in 2018 as an initiative to bring together government officials, researchers and other stakeholders interested in pre-primary data and measurement in Africa. Together for Early Childhood Evidence is convened by ECD Measure at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), College of Public […]
Jul 2, 2021
Relationship-building practices and social-emotional development in Liberian Preschools: Our findings using the BEQI observation tool
By Dr. Dawn Davis (ECD Measure) and Dr. Cecelia Cassell (University of Liberia) Over the past decade, Liberia has increasingly focused on improving access and quality early childhood education (ECE). Measurement is a key component of a quality ECE system, and Liberia has adapted ECD Measure’s Brief Early Childhood Quality Inventory (BEQI) to help Liberian researchers and […]
Jun 10, 2021
Reflecting on progress from Phase 1 of CPDMA
Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org Four CPDMA country teams (Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa and Ethiopia) have been working together since early 2019 to map out their ECE data systems and develop plans to use data to improve outcomes for young children. Liberia We learned that delivering evidence-based interventions for early childhood care and development are very important. That […]
Feb 7, 2020
Liberia begins its journey toward a pre-primary data system
Author: Cecelia Cassell, Dean, Teachers College, University of Liberia Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org Liberia is at a critical moment for early childhood education. According to the 2019 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, 88 percent of Liberian children are enrolled in an ECE program at least one year before primary school entry. However, it is common for overage children […]
Jun 25, 2019
