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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE PROVISION OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Foreword
Parents and researchers agree that the best start achild can have in life involves love, care and earlyeducation. Children who attend preschool havea better chance of succeeding at school and inlater life.
Yet more than 40,000 children in Australiamiss out on preschool education every year.
Children from the most disadvantaged familiesare more likely to miss out, including manyIndigenous children.
As a relatively wealthy country, Australia is one ofthe four lowest spending of 36 countries onpreschool... Major findings
From a national perspective, this inquiry found that preschool education is characterised by fragmentation, varying degrees of quality, no equitable access, and without a national vision, commitment or consistent approach.
The number of different approaches, funding formulas, terminology, child ratios, curriculum, costs, delivery hours and models promote inequity across Australia for young children in their preschool year.
The enormous variation of preschool education in Australia results in more “luck of the dr... Definition of Terms
Defining preschool education One of the first and continuing tasks during the inquiry was to define the term preschool education. This is challenging as in each state and territory a range of terminology is used to define a preschool program. It is important to clarify and to articulate what preschool education is and its purpose. Discussions across the country at the present time highlight the importance of the early childhood years. However, preschool is not specifically acknowledged. Adding to the complexity of de... Preschool Education
In Turkey, preschool education, which is optional, includes the education of children in the 3-5 years of age group, who are not at the age for obligatory primary education. Preschool education is given in kindergartens, preparatory classrooms, application classrooms, day nurseries, nursery schools, day-care homes, and child care homes by various ministries and institutions, and by the Ministry of National Education most of all. The children can benefit from these institutions for a full day or a half day. Families pay a certain amount to have their children benefit from preschool e... "Longitudinal studies, some of which have followed preschool graduates all the way into adulthood, have identified many positive and significant relationships between preschool participation and taskrelated, social, and attitudinal outcomes." (COTTON AND CONKLIN 2001) In recent years, significant reports and studies from across the world have highlighted the importance of the early childhood years.
For example, the Effective Provision of Preschool Education Project (the EPPE Project), identified four key findings on the impact of attending a preschool centre:
• preschool experience, compared to none, enhances children’s development;
• the durat... U.N. Report Lists Preschool Education Goals for Latin America, Caribbean
Estimates $150 billion investment needed in region over next 10 years
The United Nations has released a report that says more than $150 billion is needed to meet four specific goals to improve the educational prospects for people in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2015.
The report, released in January, is entitled "Investing Better to Invest More: Financing and Managing Education in Latin... |
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