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Teacher Registration Funding Is A Positive Step
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:47:17 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
This initiative addresses the ECC’s concerns about the Teaching Council’s impending registration fee increase. More >>
Transparency Needed On Changes To Early Childhood Education
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:33:35 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
“David Seymour should focus on growing the number of qualified teachers so more children get the support they deserve,” Labour’s early childhood education spokesperson, Jan Tinetti said.More >>
Kindergartens Aotearoa Opposes Government Putting Business Interests Before Children In Early Childhood Education
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:14:13 +1200 | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
In announcing changes, the Minister for Early Childhood Education David Seymour focused on making it “easier to do business” the “thriving market” for early childhood education, and compliance costs, rather than on children and families or education.More >>
Parents Reject ECE Deregulation: "Children’s Safety Is Not Optional"
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:05:49 +1200 | My ECE
ECE Parents’ Council spokesperson Michelle De Bono said that it was not about red tape — it was about children’s lives. More >>
ECE Regulation Change Timeline Welcomed By Providers
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:10:38 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
“It’s good progress to have a clear timeline approved by Cabinet. We can expect changes within the next 18 months, ensuring the regulatory improvements can happen as soon as possible,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube.More >>
Lowering Teacher Qualifications Is A Cheap Fix With A Lifelong Cost
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:09:50 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“While there was a pressing need for a review,” says Kathy Wolfe, CE Te Rito Maioha, “the review needs to ensure that quality education, best practice, and the wellbeing and education of our tamariki are kept at the centre of any decision ...More >>
Cuts To ECE Required Practices: Paving The Way For Baby Farming
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:05:14 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
Chief advisor to the OECE, Dr Sarah Alexander said that a market approach does not work when goals are to improve outcomes for children because ECE is a public good like schools.More >>
Teacher-Led Early Childhood Education: The Cornerstone Of Our Future
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:57:55 +1200 | New Zealand Kindergartens
“The reference to possible legislative change within the Education and Training Amendment Bill raises serious concerns for us. Any dilution of the qualified, teacher-led workforce would be a regressive move with long-term consequences for tamariki, and ...More >>
ECE Sector Review Changes An Opportunity For Innovation
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:56:02 +1200 | Early Childhood Education
The changes include introducing new licensing criteria for all ECE services by the end of September, following the recommendation to change or merge approximately three-quarters of the current licensing criteria.More >>
Barnardos Welcomes The Beginning Of ECE Sector Review Changes And Remains Committed To Ensuring Teacher-led ECE Thrives
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:53:48 +1200 | Barnardos Aotearoa
“It’s encouraging to see the review progressing and the recommendations considered by Cabinet in such a short time. This gives us hope that tamariki are being put first, and that they will be able to access a greater quality of early care and education ...More >>
ECE Sector Leaders Partnership Welcomes Reform, But Raises Red Flags Over Potential Workforce Changes
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:50:52 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“We remain concerned about the lack of information about Review Recommendation 10,” says Kathy Wolfe, CEO of Te Rito Maioha. “And we are troubled by the reference in the Minister’s release about changes in the Education and Training Amendment ...More >>
ECE Services Welcomes Approval Of Regulatory Review Recommendations
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:43:43 +1200 | Advocates for Early Learning Excellence
“ECE managers and teachers have been confused by conflicting regulations, tied up with overburdensome paperwork and moving goal posts, which has taken time, resources and quality interactions away from children’s learning.”More >>
ECE Sector Review Changes Begin
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:37:28 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Cabinet has agreed to 15 changes which modernise and simplify regulations across ECE. Services will be able to get on with what they do best – providing safe, high-quality care and education as the changes are rolled out over the coming year.More >>
Learning Support Is Desperately Needed In Early Childhood Education
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:16:26 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“We must and we should do better. The government need to immediately reactivate the inactive Learning Support Groups to address the list of ECE concerns demonstrate they are taking this issue seriously,” says Cathy Wilson, CE, Montessori Aotearoa ...More >>
Making A Difference For Young New Zealanders
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:45:27 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“Many of the findings reported today continue to reflect the challenges of a prolonged cost of living crisis,” Louise Upston says. More >>
Majority Of Kiwis Agree—Parents Should Provide School Lunches
Wed, 2 Apr 2025 10:29:09 +1300 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This poll confirms what we've all been saying: New Zealanders expect parents, not the Government, to feed their kids. It's time to phase out this expensive and wasteful programme.More >>
Greens Call For Govt To Scrap Proposed ECE Changes
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:25:30 +1300 | Green Party
The Government’s proposed changes remove obligations to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi and mana whenua status of tangata whenua, undermine qualification requirements for teachers, and reduce protections for teachers More >>
Johnsonville And Northern Suburbs Kindergarten Teachers Speak Up
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:52:32 +1300 | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Teachers from several kindergartens are heading to Nicola Willis’s office on Thursday March 27 to present a petition calling on the government to ensure that children are at the heart of any decision made about early childhood regulations.More >>
Stop Early Childhood Education Going The Same Way As School Lunches, NZEI Te Riu Roa Says
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:05:25 +1300 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
“The school lunches changes have cut costs while torpedoing quality and even introducing safety risks. Now we’re facing quality cuts to young children’s education – even saying teachers don’t need to be qualified to teach in the classroom – and ...More >>
Government Must Act Now To Save Waitara Childcare Centre
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:57:06 +1300 | Early Childhood Council
Waitara & District Community Childcare were given 90 days’ notice to vacate the LINZ building they occupy – handing them the impossible task of finding a new building and obtaining a Ministry of Education operating licence, a process that typically ...More >>
