UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education"

I chose to review the UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage.  While reviewing the webpage I came across information related to accessibility, equity, and quality.  The organization states that there are countries that promote services for low-income families that have limited or no access to mainstream early childhood services.  Although those services are available to them, that doesn’t necessarily mean those services are considered “quality”.  The government has limited resources to put into services for low income families, therefore high quality services are going to those who can afford it. 

The website also focuses on the benefits and factors of high quality childcare programs.  The benefits are that children are more motivated to learn, confident, and ready for school.  Factors that play into high quality programs include, culturally and adequate learning materials, teacher training, and parental education and involvement.

Lastly the organization focuses on investment and financing.   It states that developing countries, in particular, have to put early childhood programs on the back burner to focus on more pressing issues such as healthcare and universal primary education.  There’s just not enough money available to put into investing in high quality childcare services.