Ensuring access to inclusive and high-quality care and preschool education for every child worldwide is a concern for the world community and attendees of the UNESCO World Conference on early childhood care and education help (ECCE) held in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent. The event saw international experts who reflected on strategies to make pre-schooling accessible to every child as 33mn of young citizens aged five to six are still out of pre-schooling.
At the beginning of the event, guests could visit a photo gallery of images of children in pre-schools across the globe. Unlike those photographed, many other children are left behind. UNESCO Global Education Monitoring has reported that access to ECCE still depends on wealth, even in high-income economies. Evidence proves that a child’s early years are significant for shaping the ability to learn and build a foundation for their future. The first 1,000 days are the most important. By the time child reaches the age of three, 90% of the brain is developed.
Conference attendees visited some new local pre-schools in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent. Within five years, the number of children from the age of 3 attending pre-schools in Uzbekistan increased from 27 to 70%.
On the last day of the conference, the representatives of about 150 countries adopted the Tashkent Declaration of UNESCO, which aims to ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood care and education by 2030.
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