Mobile early learning outreach service welcomed
14 December 2012 Media Statement
Minister welcomes tenders for mobile early
learning outreach service
Tenders are now open for the Pacific Early Learning Mobile Outreach Service says Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata.
“The Ministries of Pacific Island Affairs and Education have worked together to establish a Pacific Mobile Early Childhood Education (ECE) service which will promote the value of ECE to Pacific parents in targeted areas and at community events,” says Ms Parata.
“This is one
of the innovative measures the Ministries have developed to
increase Pacific ECE participation rates in the Auckland
area.
Currently, 86.2 per cent of Pacific children attend
an ECE service. The Government wants to raise participation
to 98 per cent in 2016. The Pacific Early Learning Mobile
Outreach Service aims to assist in the enrolment of
non-participating Pacific children into ECE each year.
“We know that quality ECE gives our children the best start in education but too many Pacific children are missing out. The Pacific Early Learning Mobile Outreach Service will give parents a taste of an ECE service and encourage more children and their families to participate,” Ms Parata says.
For more information or if you are interested
in submitting a proposal, visit the Government Electronic
Tenders Service website at: www.gets.govt.nz .
The deadline for
submitting a tender is 12pm, Wednesday 9 January
2013.
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