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UNICEF league table, 2008

UNICEF league table, 2008. UNICEF Report Card No.8 , 2008 25 OECD countries 10 ‘minimum standards’ for early childhood education and care Ireland came joint bottom of the league table – only 1 out of 10 standards

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UNICEF league table, 2008

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  1. UNICEF league table, 2008 • UNICEF Report Card No.8, 2008 • 25 OECD countries • 10 ‘minimum standards’ for early childhood education and care • Ireland came joint bottom of the league table – only 1 out of 10 standards • Some recent improvements, but Ireland still performs poorly by international standards

  2. 10 ‘minimum standards’ (2008)

  3. What Ireland can learn from Finland Or what Olli Rehn didn’t tell us... • Finland’s financial crisis in the early 1990s saw the Finnish Government spend billions on rescuing the banks, unemployment reached 20%, asset prices halved, and real GDP dropped 14%... • BUT in spite of this – Finland’s expenditure on ECCE (and on education) is among the highest in the world • And the results are impressive - in ‘PISA’ assessments of education outcomes for 15 year-olds, Finland is the highest-scoring country in the OECD

  4. Of course there are many factors But the quality of care and education services for young children in Finland is a key reason • Formal school only begins at 7 in Finland ! • Before that age, there is a well-developed system of high quality early care and education services, with a holistic, play-based curriculum framework • Finland (0.9% GDP) invests much more than Ireland (0.3% GDP) in early childhood services

  5. Some indicators from UNESCO report for September 2010 World Conference on ECCE

  6. Child outcome indicators

  7. The lesson from Finland • Even in the middle of an economic crisis, we should be ambitious. • That is why our Children 2020 report contains both: • A long-term vision for the direction we want to take over the next decade and more, and • Recommendations for actions that can be taken right now, at no cost.

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