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Preschool Education
Variation Of Preschool Education In Australia
Last Updated Oct 5, 2008 09:57 PM
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The degree to which Australia is successful in ensuring that all children in Australia have equitable access to a free, high quality, preschool education.
A lack of clarity exists in all states and territories regarding actual numbers of children accessing preschool programs.
Many submissions from organisations actually stated that it was “impossible ascertain accurate data within a national perspective.” (WRITTEN SUBMISSION) Data provided by state and territory governments does not appear to reflect the findings of this inquiry.
There appear to be significantly higher numbers of children not accessing preschool than current data indicates, particularly for children with special needs, children from lower socioeconomic groups, children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and Indigenous children.
The inquiry found many examples of high quality programs across the country, which are funded to greater or lesser degree by state and territory governments.
However, the inquiry found that there is not equitable access to a high quality free preschool education across the country.
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Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
We are pleased to be here today to discuss the importance of preschooleducation for children of low-income families.Over the past several years,members of the Congress and leaders in state government have expressedconcern about the number of children who are coming to school not readyto learn because they lack appropriate cognitive and social skills. The firstnational education goal is that all children in Amer... REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE PROVISION OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
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Parents and researchers agree that the best start achild can have in life involves love, care and earlyeducation. Children who attend preschool havea better chance of succeeding at school and inlater life.
Yet more than 40,000 children in Australiamiss out on preschool education eve... |
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