Traduction de «Scolarisation obligatoire » (Français → Anglais) :

Share of children between age 4 and the start of compulsory education who participate in early childhood education

President Mahamadou Issoufou is aiming to make school attendance compulsory and free of charge for all up to the age of 16.

32. Welcomes the Commission's efforts to give new impetus to reaching the targets agreed upon by the 2002 European Council in Barcelona, of eliminating obstacles to the equal participation of women and men in the labour market and of introducing, by 2010, childcare for 90 % of children between the age of three and mandatory school age, and at least 33 % of children under three years old, particularly through the use of structural funds; encourages the Commission to present in 2008, as planned, a communication setting out further steps to be taken at all levels in order to reach these targets; considers that the aim should be to give al ...[+++]l children the right to high-quality care, incorporating an educational element;

32. Welcomes the Commission's efforts to give new impetus to reaching the targets agreed upon by the 2002 European Council in Barcelona, to eliminating obstacles to the equal participation of women and men in the labour market and to introducing, by 2010, childcare for 90% of children between the age of three and mandatory school age and at least 33% of children under three years old, namely through structural funds; encourages the Commission to present in 2008, as foreseen, a communication setting out further steps to be taken at all levels in order to reach these targets; considers that the aim should be to give all children the righ ...[+++]t to high-quality care, incorporating an educational element;

And although progress has been made towards reaching the UN Millennium Goal of providing free and compulsory primary education for all children by the target date of 2015, still over 100 million children are out of school, including 59 million girls.

Creation of a healthy, socially nurturing, and intellectually stimulating environment for children before they reach compulsory school age has the greatest impact on their future academic success.