High quality early childhood education and care is acknowledged to be beneficial for all children, but particularly for those with a socio-economically disadvantaged, migrant or Roma background, or with special educational needs.
On tunnistatud, et kvaliteetne väikelaste haridus ja hoid toovad kasu kõikidele lastele, kuid eriti sotsiaalmajanduslikult ebasoodsas olukorras olevatele lastele, sisserändaja või roma taustaga lastele ning hariduslike erivajadustega lastele.