Early Childhood and Children’s Rights: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

‘The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that every child has the right to go to school and learn. That right begins in early childhood, which is one reason why the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call on governments to “ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education”’ (UNICEF, The state of the world’s children 2016: a fair chance for every child. UNICEF, New York, 2016, p 42).