Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3
One of my professional hopes is to see that every child be able to attend an early childhood program. I found three articles on the UNESCO website. The first one is about Libya's willing to change and reform their education system. They are re-building their educational system by improving the quality and relevance/type of education needed. This is a wonderful thing since so many countries still do not understand the benefits of education.
Another article I really enjoyed in regard to every child getting early childhood education is about the difference between ratification's for policies where children all around the world will get education but there are still so many gaps.
The last article I read were statistics on the difference between the years of pre-primary education that are available and how many they actually get. The graph shows different statistics for every country from 2010 or the latest information available. You can click on the countries bar to see the difference. If you would like to check it out you can do it here.
Thanks,
Cortnee :)
Resource:
UNESCO. (2012). Education. Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/
UNESCO is such a fantastic organization. I am glad to see a program that advocates for early childhood initiatives around the world. I only hope that someday the world's leaders will recognize the importance of early learning as much as we do.
I hope that one day all children will be able to attend an early childhood program as well. I actually think that it should be a part of public school that is offered to everyone, rather than children with IEP's and language/speech trouble. As I said before, people need to be educated on the importance of it.
I think it would be wonderful if the Government would put together some type of early childhood programs for young children but it would definitely be challenging as I'm sure they would be over booked. Child care is SO expensive and a lot of parents need it but can't afford it. You would be surprised at how many parents are against child care. What do you think some of those reasons could be, Cortnee? Have you ever known anyone that was against putting their children in child care? What was their reasoning? Good post!
Cortnee,
I truly hope that all children will be able to attend a high quality early childhood program too! I really believe that "home school" preschools need to be inclusive to include typically developing children which would provide FREE high quality schooling! Some states seem to have picked up on that, but we need a nation wide movement!
Best wishes on your journey!
Deb