The new early childhood policy should set clear objectives to guide the work of these agencies and other institutions involved in ECEC provision, and to support stronger monitoring and accountability. Ensure that funding is adequate and equitable. Public funding for ECEC should be increased as a central strategy to reduce poverty and improve education outcomes. Resources need to be targeted more effectively to reach the most disadvantaged cliildren and regions of the countiy and more cost-effective delivery mechanisms explored to achieve wider coverage (e.g. community and family-based programmes).