Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Network on Early Childhood Education and Care Pre-primary education in Education At a Glance OECD Education Indicators Programme (INES)

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Levels 0 in ISCED 1997  Level 0 = ‘Pre-primary education (initial stage of organized instruction)’ “Programmes designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment, i.e. to provide a bridge between the home and a school- based atmosphere.” Main classification criteria: educational properties of the programme; school or centre based; the minimum age of children (3 years) and the upper age limit. Subsidiary criterion (proxy): pedagogical qualifications of staff.

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010  Policy developments and increased attention paid to early childhood care and education (ECCE) over the last decade.  ECCE provision (age group 0-3) increasingly referring to ‘educational’ goals/objectives.  Trend toward a gradual extension of compulsory education at the pre-primary level.  Changes in the scope of basic education (gradually extended to cover upper secondary and all or part of pre-primary education)  A more integrated view (boundaries between the stages of basic education becoming less evident). Rationale for changes in ISCED 2011

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Levels 0 in ISCED 2011  Early childhood development (children younger than 3 years) and pre-primary education (from age 3 to entry into Level 1). Level 0 = ‘Pre-primary education (initial stage of organized instruction)  2013 : More data should be collected in UOE data collection.

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Expenditure per student by educational institutions in pre-primary education (2006) EAG 2009 : TB1.1 In USD

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Relative proportions of public and private expenditure on educational institutions (2006) % EAG 2009 :TB3.2a

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Students to contact staff (teachers and teachers aides) in pre-primary education(2007) Number EAG 2009 :TD2.2

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care June 2010 Enrolment rates: 4 and under as a percentage of the population aged 3 to 4 EAG 2009 :TC1.1 %