The three dimensions of school readiness
are influenced by social, cultural, economic,
policy and historic factors. While each
factor will not be discussed here in detail,
data show that these factors influence how
schools, families and children interact.
Low- and middle-income countries, for
example, vary widely in their provision
of early learning programmes that
prepare children for school. This diversity
in the provision of Early Childhood
Development (ECD) programmes is
linked with the economic investment
of the country, the cultural traditions of
sending a young child to a programme
and national policies that support ECD.
Consequently, school readiness is a product
of both the immediate interaction of the
three dimensions as well as cultural and
policy influences.