Webinar: Early data access opportunity for Thrive by Five 2024 research papers

Researchers are invited to a data webinar discussing opportunities for early data access and partnership on a series of Thrive by Five Index 2024 working papers. Wednesday 25 September 2024 | 15h00-16h30 SAST | Registration link The 2024 Index will include a nationally and provincially representative sample of over 5,000 4-year old children enrolled in 1,300 ELPs in all […]

New insights into the South African early learning context

The ECD Baseline Assessment 2022 report offers insights from a parallel survey conducted alongside the Thrive by Five Index data collection process in 2021. This survey assessed 545 of the Early Learning Programmes that took part in the Thrive by Five Index in order to understand the context in which early learning takes place in […]

An exploration of updated Thrive by Five Index stunting rates

Based on data collected in 2021, on over 5000 children aged 50 to 59 months enrolled in Early Learning Programmes, the Thrive by Five Index (2022) originally reported stunting rates of 25 percent nationally in this population of children. Following the launch of the Index in April 2022, further cleaning and analyses were done in […]

Thrive by Five Index Report

The Thrive by Five Index Report provides a high-level outline of the key findings of the Thrive by Five Index Report, based on data recorded in 2021. The Report provides an outline of the background to the Index, the Methodology of the data collection and analysis, as well as the findings at a national and […]

Thrive by Five Index Technical Report

The Thrive by Five Index Technical Report presents the detailed and comprehensive review of the design, data sampling method, and findings of the inaugural Thrive by Five Index, based on data recorded in 2021. Download the Thrive by Five Technical Report here.