Strengthen the legal framework at national and international level for universal access to quality and inclusive ECCE, urge participants at RTE’s CIES Conference panel
One out of two children do not receive pre-school education. This situation has worsened due to the mass closure of preschools education due to the COVID 19 pandemic, affecting more than 155 million pre-school age children. But, in many countries the education response strategy to COVID 19 relatively neglected early childhood care and education (ECCE).