National is committed to ensuring more children receive high-quality early childhood education. We are investing $1.4 billion in ECE – the most ever spent by any government.
In some parts of New Zealand, four out of ten children start school having never attended ECE. We recognise the need for improvement, so we are investing $91.8 million for community-led participation projects to provide an extra 3500 new places in areas where participation is low.
We have already extended 20 Hours ECE to include playcentres, kohanga reo, and five year-olds. This gives parents more choice in ECE, and encourages the sector to be more responsive to parents' preferences.
Together, these measures will help maintain a quality ECE sector, and ensure ECE is available to those families who are not currently taking part, but who would benefit the most.
More information: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/early-childhood-education-funding-record-14-billion
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