In LAC, 1.7 million children and 2.3 million young people of official school age still do not participate in primary and lower secondary education, respectively.
BASIC EDUCATION
CAF funds projects aimed at strengthening basic education systems by increasing quality educational infrastructure, improving teaching competencies, and promoting digital transformation in education, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the human capital of millions of children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The new or renovated educational infrastructure funded by CAF would result in a 5% increase in one year of schooling adjusted for learning, while the expansion of early education would impact an increase of 20% in one year of schooling adjusted for learning. In turn, CAF's support for strengthening teacher training and for technological inclusion would generate increases of 32% and 35% in one year of schooling adjusted for learning, respectively.
In the last thirty years, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made significant progress in basic education, especially in terms of coverage. However, available data show that the accumulation of skills in children and young people in LAC presents some deficiencies, which are further accentuated for the most vulnerable populations.
These difficulties of educational systems to expand with sufficient quality hinder the ability of our countries to generate well-being and wealth in a sustainable way.
It is therefore a priority for LAC to provide access to quality education that guarantees minimum skills from the initial levels and, above all, to ensure that this greater access includes children and young people from the most vulnerable contexts. Education is not only a basic human right but also one of the most important channels for reducing poverty and its transmission between generations of the same family, as well as for increasing the productivity of economies.
Committed to promoting greater sustainable development, in the last ten years, CAF has allocated USD 1.311 billion seeking to increase quality educational infrastructure, improve teaching competencies, and promote digital transformation processes that contribute to better basic education.
The new or renovated educational infrastructure funded by CAF could generate a 5% increase in one year of learning adjusted year of schooling, while the expansion of early education could have impacts on academic performance and other behavioral and socio-emotional areas equivalent to 20% of one year of learning adjusted year of schooling, when implemented with high-quality standards.
Additionally, CAF's support aimed at strengthening teacher training in pedagogical topics would generate a 32% increase in one year of learning adjusted year of schooling. And the provision of equipment and connectivity combined with actions to facilitate the inclusion of technology in pedagogical processes could translate into a 35% increase in one year of learning adjusted year of schooling.
Highlights
In LAC, 1.7 million children and 2.3 million young people of official school age still do not participate in primary and lower secondary education, respectively.
In the final years of secondary education, one in five young people does not attend a secondary school, and of the four who do, just over half complete their studies.
In the last ten years, CAF has allocated USD 1.311 billion to increase quality educational infrastructure, improve teaching competencies, and promote digital transformation processes that contribute to better basic education.
The new or renovated educational infrastructure funded by CAF could generate a 5% increase in one year of schooling adjusted for learning, while the expansion of early education would impact a 20% increase in one year of schooling adjusted for learning when implemented with high-quality standards.
Additionally, CAF's support aimed at strengthening teacher training in pedagogical topics would generate a 32% increase in one year of schooling adjusted for learning; likewise, the provision of equipment and connectivity combined with actions to facilitate the inclusion of technology in pedagogical processes would translate into a 35% increase in one learning adjusted year of schooling.
