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Variation Of Preschool Education In Australia

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The current barriers that prevent all children from accessing preschool education and the challenges that need to be addressed.
Lack of a national vision and commitment to preschool education is viewed as a major barrier to access of high quality preschool education.
Geographic location impacts upon children’s access to preschool education.
The inquiry found significant differences in access to quality and number of preschool education programs in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Inadequate transport in some metropolitan rural and remote areas stops children from accessing preschool.
Bus programs that transported children to preschools were for many families the only means by which their child could access a preschool program.
Such services were highly valued by teachers and parents and viewed by this inquiry as an important contributor to preschool access across Australia.
Bus services were particularly noted as significant and important for Indigenous communities.

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