Early Childhood Centers

It is said that the first five years of a person's life determines what is to become of that person in the future. More than 50 percent of the successes of the future is determined by one's early childhood education. Thus, childhood education centers by default are most important. Unfortunately, many children from poor areas cannot afford such a 'luxury', which provides impetus for the growth of the brain and for kids to develop character. To fill this need in poor communities, education activists have founded schools for the very young. Assisted by local people, they work especially with economically-marginalized children. Tempo English reports from South Sulawesi, North Sumatra and North Maluku, on the occasion of National Education Day on May 2.