ECCE Services in Mexico: Reducing Social Inequalities

AbstractIn Mexico, the socioeconomic and cultural situation creates educational inequalities, and its impact is greater on young children. Since the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) services have become a major pathway to compensate for social inequalities, in 2008 they have begun to be implemented through the “Programme for Strengthening Early Education and Child Development.” In this article, it is presented a brief review of the main theoretical approaches on social inequalities in early childhood, the main benefits of ECCE to counter inequality, and the status of ECCE services in Mexico to create a model of indicators of good practice