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Tanoto, UNICEF to create tools to help Indonesia attain educational equity SDG by 2030

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Jakarta Post - March 6, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia's Tanoto Foundation has joined hands with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to develop the first tools for measuring early childhood development in the country, in an effort to support Indonesia in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.

SDG 4 aims to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all".

More specifically, the tools are intended to help the country meet Target 4.2 by 2030: "ensure that all boys and girls have access to quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education".

Tanoto Foundation has granted UNICEF Rp 2.8 billion (US$196,556) to develop versions of the Early Childhood Development Instrument (ECDI) and the Caregiver Reported Early Development Index (CREDI) measurement instruments that have been adapted for Indonesia.

These tools provide population data on the developmental statuses of children aged 0 to 3 years and 3 to 5 years.

UNICEF will test and validate the data collected through these tools that Statistics Indonesia (BPS) can then use for the 2020 National Economic and Social Survey.

"Intervention for young children is the key to developing Indonesia's human resources, and it is one of our focus areas. Measuring and monitoring are important, as we work with evidence-based principles," Tanoto Foundation global CEO J. Satrijo Tanudjojo said in a statement The Jakarta Post received on Thursday.

"I am looking forward to the partnership with UNICEF to develop this measurement method that can then become a contribution to the nation," he added.

Tanoto Foundation is an independent philanthropy organization that focuses on education.

UNICEF Indonesia representative Debora Comini echoed Satrijo, saying that it was highly important to develop tools to help relevant stakeholders in measuring and monitoring early childhood development in Indonesia.

"Investing in children to help them reach their full potential is critical, but to give every child the best start in life, we need to have the right data," Comini said in the statement.

Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/03/06/tanoto-unicef-to-create-tools-to-help-indonesia-attain-educational-equity-sdg-by-2030.html

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