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Variation Of Preschool Education In Australia

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The roles that the Commonwealth, state/territory governments should play in ensuring universal access to preschool education.
Major findings include:
• The federal government currently provides minimal direct funding to preschool education and only to support programs and access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
• The recently announced federal government early childhood years package does not include preschool.
• There is currently no national plan for preschool education across Australia, other than to leave it to the responsibility of each state and territory.
• There is currently no national vision for preschool education across Australia.
• The Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) does not apparently view preschool education as a priority.

The inquiry received significant numbers of written and verbal submissions stating that the provision of high quality free preschool should be the shared responsibility of the Commonwealth and state and territory governments and that the Commonwealth should inject significant funds to preschool education across the country.
Submissions also stressed the need for a national vision and framework for preschool education across Australia.

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