https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28106 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:25:00 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23333 Starting Strong (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2001, 2006, 2011), it is emphasized that high-quality ECEC can make a major and positive contribution to any country's national development and success in the new global knowledge-based economy. Hence, it is common to see how governments across different geopolitical spaces have come to acknowledge education as a critical driving force for promoting national development and progress while maintaining competitiveness in the global economy.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:13:32 AEDT ]]>