early childhood education
Sanja Knezevic / Open Society Foundations

ECCE social media resources

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#EducationStartsEarly

Many children under age 3 still do not attend early childhood care and education (ECCE). Over 60% of children age 2 do not attend in several middle- and high-income countries. #EducationStartsEarly

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  • Learning begins at home, but home learning environments are often poor. On average, less than a quarter of children under 5 in low- and middle-income countries had at least three books at home. #EducationStartsEarly Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce
  • In 2020, three quarters of children were enrolled in pre-primary education one year before the official primary entry age, ranging from 45% in low-income countries to 91% in high-income countries. Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce #EducationStartsEarly
  • COVID-19 challenged early childhood and pre-primary education. Only 55% of countries provided pre-primary school teachers with instructions to ensure learning continuity during the pandemic, compared with nearly 70% of countries for other levels of education. Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce #EducationStartsEarly
  • Countries that have set benchmarks have committed to achieving a 95% attendance rate in pre-primary education by 2030 but globally, relative to past trends: 31% are going backwards, 41% have a low progress rate, 7% an average progress rate and 21% a fast progress rate. Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce #EducationStartsEarly

 

Non-state provision of ECCE

Non-state actors dominate education for children under the age of 3. In 2018, private institutions accounted for 57% of total enrolment among children under 3 in high-income countries and 46% in middle-income countries Link to 2021/2 Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce #EducationStartsEarly

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  • #EducationStartsEarly but non-state ECCE provision remains unaffordable for families. In OECD countries, the net childcare cost for a two-earner family with two children aged 2 and 3 was 17% of women’s average earnings in 2019. Link 20 2021/2 Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce
  • Most countries struggle to govern systems that are fragmented. 45% of countries regulate ECCE fees and 15% explicitly ban profit-making in ECCE. Visit the PEER website to view regulations of non-state providers in 211 education systems https://education-profiles.org #EducationStartsEarly
  • 90% of countries sanction providers that do not comply with government standards on ECCE provision. Visit the PEER website to see how your country governs ECCE provision https://education-profiles.org #EducationStartsEarly
  • Check out our new webpage compiling all the latest data and monitoring content on early childhood education ready for the #WCECCE in Uzbekistan #EducationStartsEarly  #EducationStartsEarly Bit.ly/gem-report-ecce