Free kindergarten boosted Victorian attendance to above the national average,along with a scramble for early childhood educators. But many centres fear for their future.
Stories like Alianna’s and Michele’s are the human reality that lies behind the newspaper headlines and pundits’ takes on how much we are paying for the NDIS.
Three Glen Eira councillors were splattered,with one requiring first aid to remove eggshell from his eye.
Childcare fees continue to impact the career choices of parents,although costs overall decreased last quarter following subsidy changes.
A council in Melbourne’s south-east is considering closing three childcare centres,leaving dozens of families scrambling to find other vacancies before the new year.
Families in NSW and Victoria are more likely to delay their child’s first year of school,but that says more about those states than anything else,an expert says.
The ACCC found families were spending as much as 16 per cent of their income on centre-based full-time daycare,and called on government to consider changes to policies such as the Child Care Subsidy.
A new report reveals single-sex schools across the country perform better academically despite their shrinking proportion of students.
No Australian jurisdiction offers 30 hours of preschool a week for three-year-olds. But a royal commission led by Julia Gillard has found all children benefit from two years of high-quality care before they start school.
Age differences in kindergarten classes span up to 19 months in NSW because children can start as old as six or as young as four-and-a-half.
A Melbourne council will shut down dozens of kindergartens while another municipality is considering closing its kinder facilities due to cost pressures linked to the state government’s free kinder program.