{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"World Education Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/world-education-blog.org","author_name":"GEM Report","author_url":"https:\/\/world-education-blog.org\/author\/admin\/","title":"Mothers are increasingly looking to work \u2013 and it's driving pre-primary enrolment - World Education Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CR7Rruaupv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/world-education-blog.org\/2026\/05\/15\/mothers-are-increasingly-looking-to-go-back-to-work-and-its-driving-pre-primary-enrolment\/\">Mothers are increasingly looking to work \u2013 and it&#8217;s driving pre-primary enrolment<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/world-education-blog.org\/2026\/05\/15\/mothers-are-increasingly-looking-to-go-back-to-work-and-its-driving-pre-primary-enrolment\/embed\/#?secret=CR7Rruaupv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mothers are increasingly looking to work \u2013 and it&#8217;s driving pre-primary enrolment&#8221; &#8212; World Education Blog\" data-secret=\"CR7Rruaupv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/world-education-blog.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/world-education-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-1024x683.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":683,"description":"The growth of pre-primary education globally is not simply the product of deliberate policy choices. Broader socioeconomic transformations are at work too,\u00a0and chief among them is the rising share of\u00a0mothers\u00a0seeking\u00a0to go back to work. As this blog, drawn from the\u00a02026 GEM Report, argues, that shift has driven demand for early childhood education in ways that are clearly visible in both data and policy histories.\u00a0"}