Analysis: The way forward?

Nursery World, 22 November 2007

To improve the quality of early years care and education, the New Zealand government is starting with an ambitious plan to raise the qualifications of the workforce. Annette Rawstrone hears about its progress.

High-quality childcare needs highly-qualified staff, but the cost often puts it out of parents' reach. The New Zealand government is making a concerted effort to tackle this conundrum with its Ten Year Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Education, 'Pathways to the Future', launched in 2002. Karl Le Quesne, senior manager of the New Zealand Ministry of Education, came to address the Daycare Trust conference, 'Childcare 2007', last...

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