„Investing in high-quality, well-funded early childhood education and care (ECEC) – with qualified, multidisciplinary staff and access to continuing professional development – is one of the most powerful strategies to reduce skill disparities and promote equity. The early years (from birth to age 5) are when critical cognitive, social and emotional capacities take shape, and when disadvantages rooted in family circumstances can take hold.“
OECD (Hrsg.), OECD Skills Outlook 2025 (2025), S. 58.