As affirmed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the principle that parents (and other primary caregivers) are children’s first educators is well established in the Convention. Therefore the Committee emphasises the need 'to ensure that children, parents and teachers can have an input in decisions relevant to education' (General Comment No. 1, para. 22). It also recommends that, while planning for early childhood, ECCE programmes are ‘developed as far as possible in partnership with parents, including through active cooperation between parents, professionals and others in developing the child’s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential’ (General Comment No. 7 (para. 29.b).