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Govt’s ECE record: quantity up, quality down
Monday, 9 June 2014, 1:35 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council CEO Peter Reynolds told the council’s annual conference this weekend (06 June to 08 June 2014) that the Government was succeeding in increasing the quantity of early childhood education, but failing to maintain quality. More >>
Budget will increase what parents pay for early childhood ed
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 5:27 pm | Early Childhood Council
Budget 2014 will push up early childhood education charges for parents, and cause standards to fall in many centres, New Zealand’s largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres said today. (15 May, 2104) More >>
Govt should amend Education Act - Name Dangerous Teachers
Monday, 2 September 2013, 1:22 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) is calling on Government to amend the Education Act to ensure dodgy and dangerous teachers are named publicly. CEO Peter Reynolds said today the ECC was ‘delighted’ when Parliament’s Regulation Review Committee ... More >>
Cancellation of home-based review - substandard education
Friday, 5 July 2013, 2:46 pm | Early Childhood Council
The cancellation of the Government’s review of home-based early childhood education, announced this morning, ‘leaves thousands with substandard education and care’, says the Early Childhood Council. More >>
Early Childhood Council annual conference begins in Rotorua
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:37 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council’s annual conference is set to be held at the Energy Events Centre in Rotorua from 24 to 26 May. The Early Childhood Council (ECC) is the largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand. More >>
Budget Cuts Will Lead to Increased Fees For Parents
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 5:02 pm | Early Childhood Council
Budget 2013 will push up early childhood education charges for parents, New Zealand’s largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres said today. (16 May) More >>
ECE budget cuts would push up charges, close centres
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 3:54 pm | Early Childhood Council
Budget cuts for early childhood education would push up charges for parents, and close down centres, the largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand said today. (09 May) More >>
Harder for parents to compare early childhood services
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 1:13 pm | Early Childhood Council
A new ERO reporting system, announced on Monday and touted as making it easier for parents to compare early childhood services, may in fact make it more difficult. This is the view of the CEO of the largest representative body of licensed early ... More >>
Survey - 70% of early childhood centres with empty places
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 1:16 pm | Early Childhood Council
A survey of business confidence, released this week reveals more than 70% of early childhood centres with empty places, and increasing competition between providers. The survey finds almost 60% of centres expecting things to be tougher still in 12 ... More >>
Early Childhood Council on Fees
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 11:24 am | Early Childhood Council
Many hundreds of early childhood centres would be unable to maintain current levels of quality without the payment of parental fees. More >>
Children safer in early childhood centres than many homes
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 5:31 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council said today (26 February 2013) that the Home Education Foundation (HEF) was ‘talking nonsense’ when it argued that early childhood centres were unsafe for children. More >>
White Paper will save many, but comes with ‘fish hooks’
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 12:11 pm | Early Childhood Council
The White Paper for Vulnerable Children is likely to see many saved from neglect and abuse, but comes with ‘fish hooks’, says the largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand. More >>
Early Childhood Council welcomes requirement for parents
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 2:29 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council welcomes requirement for parents on benefits to ensure their children attend early childhood education 15 hours a week from the age of three More >>
Early Childhood Council supports recommendations on poverty
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 4:56 pm | Early Childhood Council
The largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand supports the early childhood recommendations released today (28 August, 2012) by the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. More >>
Record numbers for Early Childhood Council Annual Conference
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 5:49 pm | Early Childhood Council
The organiser of a conference for early childhood centre managers and teachers to be run in Auckland this weekend, has struggled to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend. More >>
Record numbers for Early Childhood Council's Conference
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 5:46 pm | Early Childhood Council
The organiser of a conference for early childhood centre managers and teachers to be run in Auckland this weekend, has struggled to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend. More >>
Early Childhood Council reacts to Budget
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 4:53 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the money in the Budget that is being directed to increasing participation in early childhood education by vulnerable groups. More >>
New Access to Early Childhood Education
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 1:29 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has hailed the Government’s pre-Budget announcement it would be spending an additional $80 million over four years to secure access to early childhood education for the children of beneficiaries. More >>
Early Childhood Centre investment confidence low
Monday, 26 March 2012, 12:15 pm | Early Childhood Council
Fear of further Government revenue cuts is undermining the confidence of those running early childhood centres, according to a new survey. The survey of both community and privately run centres is the first in what is to be a six-monthly survey of early ... More >>
Family First Study Misleading
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 11:18 am | Early Childhood Council
A Family First study, released today and arguing that ‘daycare’ is harmful to children, is ‘misleading and irresponsibly alarmist’, says the Early Childhood Council. More >>
