The association of maternal nutrition and children’s pre-primary experience with over-age attendance in secondary school: evidence from lowland Nepal
Marphatia, Akanksha A;
Wells, Jonathan CK;
Reid, Alice M;
Borja, Mario Cortina;
Manandhar, Dharma S;
Sen, Aman;
Saville, Naomi;
Devakumar, Delan;
Osrin, David;
Prost, Audrey;
+1 more...Dulal, Sophiya;
(2020)
The association of maternal nutrition and children’s pre-primary experience with over-age attendance in secondary school: evidence from lowland Nepal.
International Journal of Educational Research, 99.
p. 101491.
ISSN 0883-0355
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.10.001
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Highlights: Over-age attendance is increasing but remains under-studied in South Asia. Children fall behind by entering pre-primary or primary late, and by repeating a grade during/after primary school. Rural location, thin and uneducated mothers predicted late pre-primary entry. Educational research and interventions need to focus on the earlier time-point of pre-primary. Improving maternal nutrition and education may ensure timely progression of children in school.