PROPOSED CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF LOCAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOLLOWING TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4 OF THE UNITED NATIONS

PROPOSED CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF LOCAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOLLOWING TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4 OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Nguyen Thi Trang trangnt@vnies.edu.vn The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences No. 4. Trinh Hoai Duc street, Dong Da district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Summary: 
Evaluating the quality of local early childhood education (ECE) in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) is an activity to ensure the quality of ECE within units in the province/ city, district, and commune/preschool levels. The study is based on a theoretical framework for evaluating the quality of ECE at the local and national levels and on local legal regulations to identify components of quality in relation to SDG 4. Subsequently, it proposes some criteria and indicators to evaluate the quality of ECE. This serves as an important foundation for localities to collect evidence, evaluate the current state, and identify areas for improvement in ECE, aligning ECE practices with the sustainable development goals of the nation and the world.
Keywords: 
Quality of early childhood education
locality
Evaluation
criteria
indicators
Sustainable Development Goal 4
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