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Dr Helen Penn is professor of early childhood at the University of East London and visiting research fellow at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London University. She has acted as a consultant or carried out research in many of the countries described in the guide. She is currently working on an EU education and poverty alleviation programme in southern Africa. A world view

A world view

Snapshots of childhood and early education and care systems around the globe

Almost all countries around the world now provide some kind of early education and care, and surprisingly, it is not always determined by a country's wealth or social equality

In 2000, in Dakar in Senegal, all the world's countries and many important international agencies such as the World Bank signed up to an agreement, drafted by Unesco and Unicef, to provide education for all children in every country.

The agreement, known as Education for All (EFA) has six goals. The first goal is 'to expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children'.

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