A brief comparison between the provisions Britian and france provide for under 5's.

Influences on educational care in France are state, community, family, economy and religion. State 'Childcare is the national administrative responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs' (Lindon, 2000, p.89) Early childhood education has been a major part of the country's tradition since 1881, it has gone from strength to strength through the years, yet still the child care is held completely separate from early years education. The 'Law on family' of 1994 has provided France with many new …

…ars to be an absolute minimum of equal opportunities in france for the physically and mentally disabled. There has been no information available to inform of any legislation or curriculum based objectives to provide evidence that they do provide for children with special educational needs. The schools do not give any provision in the form of and LSA or SENCO (Special Educational Needs co-ordinator), although they do claim to provide for the physically disabled.