Election year:
2023
Political party:
Green Party
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Early Childhood Education
- Support the target of 100% qualified staff in teacher-led Early Childhood Education centres, and provide the funding to support this.
- Improve child-to-teacher ratios in Early Childhood Education, with a priority for under 3's.
- Create models to share best practices and professional development between centres.
- Set maximum overall child numbers so that no centre can expand beyond.
- Establish support for networks of not-for-profit Early Childhood Education Centres to increase cooperation between nearby centres.
- Support a diversity of models for immersion learning in Te Reo Maori and Paicifc language.
- Ensure funding for 20 hours of Early Childhood Education.
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