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USAID and the Government of Rwanda are increasingly interested in investing in the early childhood years. Together for Early Childhood Evidence offers an opportunity for early childhood education stakeholders to come together to discuss data and measurement issues in the sub-sector.

The Rwanda country team has been meeting since 2019 to discuss data and measurement issues in Rwanda. Their work has focused on mapping available data on young children in Rwanda, including data on the quality of pre-primary programs, child development and learning outcomes, health and nutrition, and current efforts to use ECD-related data in Rwanda.

In 2021, Together for Early Childhood Evidence launched a research project with Save the Children Rwanda. Save the Children Rwanda was already implementing the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) to study student learning outcomes across the country. As IDELA focuses on student learning, project funds from Together for Early Childhood Evidence supported the addition of the IDELA Classroom Environment Tool, which evaluates classroom resources, literacy and numeracy instruction, and teacher-student interactions. The project prioritizes data feedback loops by training and involving local officials who will collect, and eventually utilize classroom-level data to monitor and improve the quality of ECE programming in Rwanda. The project has already begun training and data collection and expects to finish by the end of 2021.

Key Indicators from Rwanda 

Data from UNESCO and UNICEF

Country Team Members

Related USAID Programs

• ECD Component in Twiyubake Program
• Home-based ECD in Gimbuka Program