Longford people view Early Years education as important as primary and secondary education

People in Longford view Early Years education as equally important to primary or secondary education and care.

That’s according to survey results published this week by Early Childhood Ireland, the leading organisation in the early years sector.

Now in its sixth year, ECI’s Barometer is an annual opinion poll conducted nationwide by RED C.
Frances Byrne, Director of Policy at Early Childhood Ireland said of the Barometer results: “What we’ve witnessed over the past six years of Barometer polling is a clear transformational shift in how people from Longford think about Early Years education and care, from a means to facilitate working parents, to something essential to the educational development of young children.

“The education of children under five is now considered as important as the education of those over five. This is something that polls strongly across all age brackets and socio-economic backgrounds, and in the past six years of polling on this statement, we’ve seen a 10% increase in support.”