EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A National Commitment to Universal Quality Early Learning This Blueprint sets out to answer a single question: How can we develop a sustainable ecosystem for all 3 to 5-year-olds, focusing on those who have historically been excluded, that enables affordable, equitable access to quality early learning programmes by 2030, so that every child can thrive by five? This question is rooted in the Department of Basic Education’s 2030 Strategy for Early Childhood Development Programmes and was reaffirmed at the first Bana Pele Leadership Summit in March 2025. The Blueprint presents a practical pathway to align and mobilise the entire early learning ecosystem, from government, communities and early learning programme (ELP) providers, to families, NGOs and funders, to move at scale, with speed, and sustainability, so no child is left behind.