The title of this presentation is “EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: INDICATORS IN THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF NIGERIA”.

This is variously defined: • The education provided for children 0-3 years in Day Care Centres and for children 3 years to under 6 years in Nursery schools • A community-based, low-cost project for the holistic development of the child from 0-6 years • Refers to a comprehensive approach to policies and programmes for children from birth to eight years of age, their parents and caregivers; its purpose is to protect the child’s rights to develop his or her full cognitive, emotional, social and physical potential. INDICATORS Indicator is a statistical data-based instrument to describe or measure the main or relevant components of a system. BASIC EDUCATION • A system of education which offers every person (child, youth and adult):- educational opportunities designed to meet their basic learning needs, comprising both essential learning tools such as literacy, oral expression, numeracy and problem solving;- also included are the basic learning content of knowledge, skills, values- furthermore, attitudes required by human beings to survive, to develop their full capacities, to live and work in dignity are included as well- thus to participate fully in development, to improve the quality of their lives, to make informed decisions and above all- to continue learnin