The recommendations from the ECE advisory
groups; Improving quality of ECE services sector-wide and Improving quality of
ECE services for children aged less than two years have been announced by the
Minister of Education today.
Hekia Parata
25 May, 2012
Raising quality in early childhood education
Education Minister
Hon Hekia Parata has today released a series of recommendations on how to
improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE).
The recommendations
are the findings of two advisory groups which were established in January of
this year to focus on improving the quality of ECE services, particularly for
those children under the age of two.
“I welcome the
recommendations and thank the advisory groups for identifying many practical
solutions that can be implemented quickly.”
“All of our children
deserve high quality ECE. The pre-school years are too critical in terms of
learning and development to allow anything else. Parents need to be assured
that their children are attending a quality service,’’ says Ms Parata.
“I have asked the
Ministry of Education to provide me with advice on the recommendations.
“This will include
considering which of the recommendations can be implemented in a shorter
timeframe and which will require further work.
“I plan to make a
further announcement in August to outline the next steps for these
recommendations.”
The full recommendations of the Sector Advisory Group on
improving quality for under two year olds in ECE are available at the following link
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