Ghana’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) and UNICEF Ghana commissioned a summative evaluation of Ghana’s Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Policy, enacted in 2004. The MoGCSP and its partners saw value in documenting the learning from 15 years of implementation experience and plans to use the evaluation recommendations to work with its partners and revise the Policy, refine their respective roles and contributions, build upon sector-specific achievements, and incorporate the latest evidence on early child development.
The evaluation purpose is to guide Policy revision by understanding how to make the ECCD Policy more current, aligned with the national aspirations, and addressing implementation gaps. The primary objectives are:
1. To determine the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the ECCD Policy;
2. To document lessons learned about what did and did not work in Policy implementation, including unexpected outcomes both positive and negative, and identify factors enabling or constraining efficacy;
3. To assess the extent to which the Policy integrated gender and equity considerations into its design and implementation provisions;
4. To ensure broad validity of findings, conclusions and recommendations through engagement with key ECCD stakeholders.
Year Published | |
Type | |
Joint | No |
Partner/s | N/A |
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Agency Focal Point | Samuel Debrah Osei Amakye |
Focal Point Email | soseiamakye@unicef.org |
Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
Geographic Scope | Country |
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