Across all EU countries, around three-quarters of experts taking part in the survey believed that there was a strong or very strong need to ensure equal opportunities in early childhood education.
In the assessment of ‘equal opportunities’ in Early Childhood Education, Sweden and Denmark were found to have the highest need for reform out of 25 countries in Europe, while the UK was placed towards the bottom for reform performance in this area (rank 14/16). Ireland was ranked first for performance and second for reform quality in the assessment of equal opportunities in Early Childhood Education.
The definition of equal opportunities was left to the survey participants’ interpretation, and survey answers reflected both on equal access to education and on significant differences in the quality of provision.
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