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Education Review Office Pragmatism Will Really Help The Sector While The Regulation Review Is Underway
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:03:18 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
In the regulatory review, ECC intends to suggest that ERO focus on curriculum delivery reviews rather than the Ministry, because it’s not efficient or effective to have two agencies with radically different approaches climbing over each other.More >>
Opposition Parties Unite To Protect ECE
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:23:58 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour, the Green Party and Te Pāti Māori are uniting to stop the Government’s dangerous changes to the Early Childhood Education sector. The Government’s Regulatory Review of ECE is being rushed through, with a Bill to be proposed in October that will negatively affect our youngest tamariki.More >>
Kiwis Having Their Say On First Regulatory Review
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:17:05 +1200 | New Zealand Government
After receiving more than 740 submissions in the first 20 days, Regulation Minister David Seymour is asking the Ministry for Regulation to extend engagement on the early childhood education regulation review by an extra two weeks.More >>
Early Childhood Teachers’ Union Calls For Stop To Sector Regulatory Review
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:10:01 +1200 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa National Secretary | Korimako Tangiata Stephanie Mills says the union is calling for the review to be paused or at the very least extended, so the process behind it can be carefully assessed.More >>
New Approach To Literacy Improving Outcomes
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:49:33 +1200 | University of Canterbury
A new approach is accelerating early literacy skills for New Zealand children More >>
Country Kindy To Remain Open
Tue, 9 Jul 2024 18:27:40 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Government is currently undergoing a sector review for the Early Childhood Education sector, to address major issues with affordability and availability of early childhood education, and the complexity of its regulation.More >>
SIT Childcare Sees Community Shift In Enrolments
Tue, 9 Jul 2024 10:36:18 +1200 | Southern Institute of Technology
SIT Early Childhood Centre has experienced a change in clientèle over the past year, showing a shift towards families in the wider community comprising the greater number of enrolments.More >>
MoE Running Roughshod Over ECE Centres - Manawatu Kindy To Be Closed Without Valid Reason
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 14:09:42 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
A rural Manawatu early childhood centre is set to lose its operating licence on Monday for alleged breaches of regulations, in a long-running case of the Ministry of Education singling out a vibrant centre with strong community support, according to the Early ...More >>
ECE Network Management’s Removal A Case Of Commonsense
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:49:36 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
The policy has long been criticised as onerous and unworkable, having been implemented and expanded without adequate sector consultation, with the subsequent lack of certainty scaring off community groups and small private providers alike.More >>
Breaking The Gender Barrier To Become An Early Childhood Teacher
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:55:23 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
Half of NZ’s population is male but only 3 percent of early childhood education (ECE) teachers are men. More >>
Report Demonstrates ECE Centres Prioritising Quality Education
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:24:53 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
For the first time the Ministry has reported on adult:child ratios in the sector while using an evaluation framework that tracks progress towards the three goals of Raising Quality, Improving Equity and Enabling parental choice.More >>
Early Childhood Teachers Head To Parliament To Save Pay Parity Scheme
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:02:56 +1200 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Early childhood kaiako and tamariki will go to Parliament tomorrow to present their eleven thousand-strong petition calling on the Government to ensure the current pay parity scheme for qualified early childhood teachers continues in the face of sweeping ...More >>
Parents Council Concerned That Slashing Education And Care Regulations Will Hurt Children And Families
Fri, 7 Jun 2024 17:59:30 +1200 | Early Childhood Education
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Parents Council is worried about the new Ministry for Regulation review of the ECE sector - following the release of the terms of reference and the statements made by David Seymour to the media. Parents Council spokesperson ...More >>
Ministry For Regulation Kicks Off First Sector Review – Early Childhood Education
Wed, 5 Jun 2024 15:02:45 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Minister for Regulation David Seymour today announced the terms of reference for the sector review into early childhood education (ECE) by the new Ministry for Regulation. This will be the first review by the Ministry.More >>
UC Research Supports Hands-off Approach To Childcare
Wed, 5 Jun 2024 11:48:17 +1200 | University of Canterbury
A new UC study is developing critical training opportunities for early childhood education student teachers, without an infant in sight. More >>
ECE Sector Innovation Supports FamilyBoost
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:14:49 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
“Every parent wants quality education for their youngest children, and Budget 2024 helps deliver that by subsidising New Zealand’s most unaffordable childcare in the OECD,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube.More >>
The Office Of ECE Responds To Budget 2024
Fri, 31 May 2024 04:50:38 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
As expected there is nothing in the Budget likely to decrease the high levels of pessimism in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. More >>
Budget 2024 Will Keep ECE Lights On, But Gaps Remain
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:09:30 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Education centres will be able to keep the lights on with the cost adjustment announced in today’s Budget, but little else. More >>
Early Childhood Education Misses Out Again!
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:53:40 +1200 | Early Childhood Education
Unfortunately, the 2024 Budget is a missed opportunity for the government to deliver on some of the ECE systemic changes that are sorely required and to fund the sector appropriately.More >>
A Backwards Budget For Early Childhood Education
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:37:01 +1200 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The union for early childhood education and kindergarten teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says Budget 2024 doesn’t deliver certainty for the sector or relieve pressure on centres to meet essential costs, nor do anything to address the long-standing issues ...More >>
