Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

After reviewing the "UNESCO'S Early Childhood Care and Education" web page, I have learned additional information on the issues of quality, equity, and access. I explored this website and came across what UNESCO'S advocates for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programmes that attend to health, nutrition, security and learning and which provide for children’s holistic development (UNESCO, 2016). They also wanted to make sure that children reach their potential to the fullest.

Access and equity

In early childhood care and education is to help vulnerable children have equal access. Countries committed themselves to “expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children." I think this is why the government was urge to expand equitable access to quality in favor of the poor (UNESCO, 2016).

Quality

Quality relates to my professional goals because I work at a high-quality childcare center. I am going to continue to work in a high quality childcare because we promote the same thing that it says on the website. It says that high quality childcare promotes motivation, confidence, and good cognitive,linguistic development, and school readiness(UNESCO, 2016). When parents and the community are involved the learning materials ensure and provide early childhood services which remains appropriate to the needs of children and increases sustainability(UNESCO,2016).

Investment and financing

The biggest problem that countries face in their efforts to expand and improve the quality of early childhood care and education is the mobilisation of funds/resources(UNESCO, 2016).Countries have to view early childhood as part of education so that early childhood education can get funding that they need. However, governments must use complementary financing measures to ensure equity of access for poor and disadvantaged children, as a pure market approach to increasing the level of early childhood provision has been shown to favor the privileged, who can afford the service (UNESCO, 2016). I have never explored this website before until now and I learned a lot about this organization in helping young children in early childhood education recieve all the learning skills they need to be successful.

Reference

(http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/)