The Executive has set a target for qualified childcare staff of 85 per cent of the workforce by 2009. Staff in both the voluntary and the private sector will be helped to meet the standards for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Local authorities are to receive the ring-fenced 12m between 2006 and 2008 and the SSSC will begin registering early education and childcare workers at the end of 2006. Workers who apply for registration but who do not hold existing qualifications must achieve the required qualifications within three years.
The funding was announced by Peter Peacock, Minister for Education and Young People, at the SSSC annual conference in Edinburgh last week.
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