accordingly there is a need for meaningful curricula intercultural and bilingual education and initiatives for involving the families of excluded children and young people unesco in view of the enormous weight of the family environment in determining the relationship between family members and education the social and economic returns from investing in early childhood education are vital unesco a the focus on early childhood education in recent years led to the world conference on early childhood care and education held in moscow in providing a comprehensive approach to the developmental needs of children in this stage of life