Early childhood education and care (ECEC)
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on “quality”.
The OECD’s project “Encouraging Quality in ECEC” investigates what defines quality, which policies can promote and enhance quality, and how such policies can be effectively put in place.
One of the project’s outputs is a country-specific policy profile., PORTUGAL 2012. Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care (oecd.org)