Author(s)

Liang Jinlong ¹, Zhang Rui ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Educational Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China

Corresponding Author

Liang Jinlong

ABSTRACT

The critical period for the development of infants and young children is from 0 to 3 years old. High-quality and universality childcare services can not only support the growth and development of children but also alleviate the parental pressures of fertility and child-caring. Additionally, they can contribute to the successful implementation of the "second child" and "three children" policies. This paper primarily draws on the experiences of universal childcare service system development in foreign and domestic well-developed areas. It combines these experiences with the development of the childcare service system in Gansu Province. By examining areas such as policy and regulatory support, the transformation of societal childcare concepts, and the positive optimisation of the universal childcare system, this paper presents relevant suggestions. These suggestions aim to provide guidance for the subsequent development of an universal childcare system for infants aged 0-3 in Gansu Province.

KEYWORDS

Infants and children; universality; childcare training; childcare system; localization; societal childcare concepts

CITE THIS PAPER

Liang Jinlong, Zhang Rui, Research on Universal Childcare System for Children Aged 0-3 Years in Gansu Province. Transactions on Comparative Education (2023) Vol. 5: 45-56. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2023.050607.

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