The Labour Party’s policy of doubling sick leave entitlements will hit many early learning centres hard as the gap between expenses and subsidies grow.

A survey of Early Childhood Council members reveals 45% of centres use their own resources – if they have any available - before increasing fees for parents to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

The Early Childhood Council welcomes the stability and continuity promised in the Labour Party’s Education Policy released today, and asks for benefits for schools extended to early learning.

The Early Childhood Council welcomes the promise to review the early learning funding model in the National Party’s education policy announcement today.

The Early Childhood Council is warning the government’s approach to achieving early learning teacher pay parity is failing to hit a moving target, when a full review of the Early Childhood Education funding model is required.

The Early Childhood Council has raised concerns about the process and lack of transparency around the Ministry of Education’s incident reporting and complaints system, which released its 2019 report today.