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ERIC Number: ED665355
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 42
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Variations in Pre-Primary Education Infrastructure within and across Administrative Sectors in Rwanda. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-1103
Remy Pages; Gilbert Munyemana
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
This study investigates disparities in the quality of pre-primary education settings in Rwanda, focusing on differences across setting types--centre-based, community-based, and home-based--and examining the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) at the sector level. Using a dataset of 4,875 settings across 91 administrative sectors within seven districts, multilevel modeling estimates within- and between-sector variation in infrastructure quality from three latent factors: physical facilities, access to public infrastructure, and operational quality. Sector-level SES was operationalized as average years of schooling, providing an area-based measure of socioeconomic conditions. Findings reveal that centre-based settings, concentrated in higher-SES urban areas, consistently demonstrate higher infrastructure quality and are better equipped with physical facilities, access to public infrastructure, and operational resources compared to home-based settings. Home-based settings, prevalent in rural and lower-SES areas and often dependent on informal funding, lack essential resources, with quality deficits of 0.73 and 0.85 standard deviations (SD) in physical and operational quality, relative to centre-based settings. While SES is significantly associated with access to infrastructure across sectors, operational disparities remain largely tied to setting type. These results underscore structural disparities in Rwanda's pre-primary education landscape, with implications for policy interventions targeting equitable access to quality early childhood education through expanded support for home-based caregivers, funding innovations, and regulatory oversight. [Funding was provided by a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship.]
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Rwanda
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