Charity Children in Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to introduce a legal entitlement for every child to have access to good early education from the age of six months.
The charity cited commitments made at the European Council summit in Barcelona in 2002, where member states agreed to provide more than 30 hours of childcare a week to 90 per cent of children aged three to school age and at least 33 per cent of children aged under three.
The European Commission also encouraged its members to use EU structural funds to improve quality and supply of childcare.
Bronwen Cohen, chief executive of Children in Scotland, said: ?“Children under three do better in countries that have fully integrated early years systems accessible to all children and families, and where learning is recognised as beginning at birth.
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