adulthood. While adhering to UNICEF’s
human rights-based focus on the
individual benefits of education, school
readiness also builds human capital
to address economic development.
UNICEF’s major effort to achieve school
readiness is the CFS model, which was
launched as a systemic strategy to achieve
MDG 2 – universal access to and completion
of primary school by 2015. School readiness
is an important component of the childfriendly
strategy. When children and families
are prepared for school and schools are
prepared for them, children are more likely
to enrol in school on time and stay until they
complete primary school.