MoNE implemented EU funded Strengthening Pre-school Education Project with the technical assistance of UNICEF. The EU funded project aimed to contribute to increase in the enrolment and attendance of disadvantaged children and their families to day care and pre-school education services. The overall purpose of project review was:

Assessment the success and challenges of Community based services in project provinces

Explore the readiness of pilot communities to support the initiative in a sustainable way

Measure the change in competency in public authorities to start and sustain community based services

Analyse the appropriateness of strategies targeting free of charge ECD services and local partnerships regarding the expansion of community based ECD services

Identify a series of recommendations for future programming of interventions, policies and strategies on pre-school education in Turkey