Should children do second year of preschool or start junior infants early? What parents need to know

Child development expert Ollwyn Moran. Photo: Frank McGrath

Maeve McTaggart

Just one in six children enrolled in primary school rather than completing their second year of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in both 2021 and 2022, figures show.

The ECCE programme provides two years of funded preschool to the ­eligible age range of two years and eight months to five years and six months.