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Organisation of early childhood education and care in Romania, Greece and Bulgaria

  • 1 Univers ity of Ruse ―Angel Kanchev‖, Bulgaria

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of the organization of the early childhood education and care in three countries from the Balkan region – Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. The analysis focuses on the following aspects of preprimary education: access to early childhood education and care; organisation of centre-based ECEC; educational guidelines; organisational variations and alternative structures in ECEC.

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