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10:56 AM, 7 August 2020

The Early Childhood Council is urging parties to release Early Childhood Education-specific policy ahead of the general election so voters have everything they need to cast an informed vote.

8:20 AM, 30 July 2020

Notice of Annual General Meeting

9:55 AM, 29 July 2020

ECE centres tired of waiting for funding review, release their own draft Terms Of Reference

The Early Childhood Council today released draft Terms Of Reference for a full Early Childhood Education funding review.

11:20 AM, 24 July 2020

100% qualified teacher band worth $1.62 an hour less in 2021 than in 2010

Analysis of the newly re-introduced 100% qualified teacher funding band shows Early Childhood Education centres would have been better off in 2010.

5:58 PM, 22 July 2020

Getting 100% funding band sums wrong could force ECE centres into debt

The 2021 version of the 100% qualified teacher funding band is worth less for Early Childhood Education centres than the 2011 version – and the shortfall could force them into debt.

9:17 AM, 19 July 2020

ECE centres calling on Ministry of Education to run 100% funding band numbers again

Early Childhood Council analysis shows the newly reinstated 100% qualified teacher funding band will be worth less than it was in 2020 – leaving centres short once more.

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ECE needs a minimum 10% funding increase in the 2020 budget to address teacher pay disparity and relieve centre cost pressures.

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