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SPAIN is celebrating a historic milestone in early years education, showing the success of the country’s work­family balance. Data on the last academic year, which just ended, was released on Thursday, June 29. The data revealed that a remarkable 45.6 per cent of children aged zero to three were enrolled in nursery schools and other pre­school education centres, a 6.8 per cent increase compared with the previous academic year.

Overall, 468,429 children between the ages of zero and three were enrolled in some form of pre ­ school education, 29,919 more than the previous year.

Enrolment rates were highest among three­year­olds, with 355,837 students. Notable, enrolments of two­year­olds in nurseries and pre­schools surged to more than 70 per cent of the total national population of two­year­olds, up from 64 per cent the year before.

The number of early education centres also rose by 6.5 per cent in the last year, a further 672 additional centres compared to 2022. The Ministry for Education is providing support with a €670 million grant over the next three years to create 65,000 public, free early childhood education spots.

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