Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

The UNESCO provides early childhood care and education for children from birth to eight years old. This organization has built a network between nations to enable mobilizing the right for education for all children. The UNESCO created the idea of World Heritage to protect cultural diversity, to pursue scientific cooperation (strengthen ties between nations and societies), and protect freedom of expression for human dignity (2000). The UNESCO was created on the basis of humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity. These programs are design to give children from a disadvantage home an opportunity to a quality child care education. This website provided information on other countries implementing policy and procedures on quality, access and equity in early childhood. In reading the Quality section of the article, I learn how other countries deal with the workforce of education. Teachers are train to teach children on the level of their training; for an example: a teacher with an early childhood education will only teach early childhood age children. It also talks about the wages for qualified teachers. The Access and Equity section of the article provided information on the importance of recognizing families that are at risk and below poverty levels. Government in participating countries has addressed the need of all families living below poverty level. High quality childcare for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, promotes motivation, confidence, good cognitive and linguistic development and school readiness (2000). Where government resources are limited, the last year of pre-primary education is frequently placed in a formal school setting or there may be efforts to lower the entry age. The Investment and Financing section provided information about the lack of funds. Countries have expanded and improve quality care by mobilization resource with other sectors. In general, government funding for early childhood is extremely low, therefore, private sectors, non-profit and for-profit organization has join together to ensure service that are delivered effectively to educate early childhood (2000). The UNSCO article has enlighten my views of mobilizing resources and how early childhood educators address the needs and challenges of disadvantage children.