The age at which children first enrol in ECEC influences their future performance in school …

„Evidence from PISA suggests that the age at which children first enrol in ECEC influences their future performance in school even after accounting for socio-economic background. Children with foreign-born parents who joined ECEC at the age of four score lower than their peers who joined ECEC at three years old or younger.“

OECD (Hrsg.), State of Immigrant Integration – Nordic countries (2025), S. 33.