Insights that I gained from this website:
What is UNESCO? UNESCO is a great program that advocates for Early Childhood Care and Education that attend to health, nutrition, security and learning which provide for children’s holistic development. This program is part of a range that promotes inclusive education. UNESCO leads the international policy drive for an integrated early childhood care and education system that encompasses both the well-being and holistic development of the child.
Early childhood care and education is often the concern of several government sectors and usually these are education, social affairs and health. The multi-faceted nature of early childhood care and education gives rise to the challenge of effectively coordinating provision of policy development and implementation across the different sectors. According to EPA, too many children are receiving an education of such poor quality that they leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills. Deep and persistent disparities based on wealth, gender, location, ethnicity and other markers for disadvantage are acting as a major barrier to progress in education. Cross-sectoral coordination is difficult, especially at the national level. It is one of the main challenges facing governments of both developed and developing countries trying to promote a holistic approach to early childhood. Responses vary and some countries have sought to remove the problem by integrating cross-sectoral responsibilities into a single ministry.
In my opinion, if our world's governments are serious about education for all, they need to get serious about tackling inequality.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/
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