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GUIDELINES FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION Guidelines for the Early Childhood Education Policy Implementation CONTENTS CONTENTS ii FOREWORD v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii ACRONYMS ix CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT OF ECE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 1 Background and Introduction 1 SDGs and ECE 1 Brief background of ECD in Ghana 1 Context of Early Childhood Education Policy 1 Legal and Policy Frameworks that Informed the Early Childhood Education Policy and Guideline 3 Purpose and Rationale for the ECE Policy Implementation Guideline 3 Objectives of the KG specific ECE Policy Implementation Guideline 4 Summary 5 CHAPTER TWO: TRENDS AND KEY ISSUES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 7 Introduction 7 Barriers and Bottlenecks that Shape Participation in ECE 14 Demand Barriers 14 Supply Barriers 15 Supply Bottlenecks 15 Summary 16 Guidelines for the Early Childhood Education Policy Implementation ii